Media & Press
2025
- In a Hotter and Drier World, How Can Food and Farming Systems Adapt? - foodtank - May, 2025
- Tucson: The US's ancient, underated culinary capital bbc.com - January 19, 2025
- Seed Diversity in the Consolidation Age seedworld.com - January 2025
- Reviving Lost Relatives Earth Island Journal - January 2025
2024
- Top 10 Nonprofits Tucson Business Inside - December 13, 2024
- Can scientists make fruits and veggies resilient to climate change? Science News - August 22, 2024
- Crop scientist Andrea Carter helps preserve desert seeds. Timeforkids.com Your hot job - July 9, 2024
- Native Seeds Search: Saving the future by looking to the past kgun9 news - April 10, 2024
- The complex case of growing native plants High Country News - April 1, 2024
- Could Land Back Transform North American Agriculture? insidehook.com - February 25, 2024
2023
- Future-Ready Problem Solvers Tackle Real-World Issues In New TUHSD Program Wranglernews.com - December 6, 2023
- The Best of the Mountain West 2023 5280.com - December 2023
- 10 Nonprofit Shops that Give Back to the Community thisistucson.com - November 17, 2023
- A dining guide to Tucson theweek.com - November 12, 2023
- Native Seeds/SEARCH Successfully Tests Spiral Basin Inspired By Salt River Community Garden O'odham Action News - September 13, 2023
- Native Talk Arizona nativehealthphoenix.org/community/native-talk-arizona available on Spotify, and Apple and Google Podcasts - June 27, 2023
- Earth Notes: Havasupai Sunflower KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio - June 14, 2023
- Cultivating Identity: How Heritage Foods Connect Past, Present, & Future Santa Cruz valley National Heritage Area - May 2023
- Seeds of Change, Elevate AZ, Spring 2023 (pages 8 & 9)
- The 11 Best Places to Buy Seeds for Your Garden Online marthastewart.com March 2, 2023
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Payment for the Past: Recognizing Indigenous Seed Stewardship, modernfarmer.com - March 24, 2023
- This seed bank in Arizona is keeping a Native agricultural past alive KJZZ Radio - January 18, 2023
2022
- A seed conservation group is keeping crops historically farmed in the Southwest alive. KZMU News - November 2, 2022
- On Remote Farms and in City Gardens, a Native American Movement Grows The New York Times - August 26, 2022
- Saving Indigenous Seeds podcast Heritage Radio Network - August 10, 2022
- THRIVE Series: Native Seeds/SEARCH Community Seed Grant video Vantage WestCU - August 1, 2022
- New Generation of Land Artists Embodies a Call for Action Hyperallergic - July 14, 2022
- They won big at the Oscars of food. How 2 Arizona chefs use that clout to help farmers, azcentral.com - July 2022
- Native Talk Arizona, airdate May 17, 2022
- O'odham Podcaster Ep. 20: Oidah Stories Part 1, May 2022
- Spring Garden Planting and Updates from the Community Garden, O'odham Action News - March 2, 2022
- L'Arizona en Liberté Échappées Belles - February 2022
- Native agriculture never went away. Now it is on the rise. andthewest.stanford.edu - January 21, 2022
2021
- A Return to Native Agriculture Civil Eats - January 21,2022
- This Tucson nonprofit works to save endangered seeds from the Southwest thisistucson.com - December 2, 2021
- For Thousands of Years, Indigenous Tribes Have Been Planting for the Future nrdc.org - November 30, 2021
- 4 Heirloom Seeds to Plant Now for a Lush Spring Garden Phoenix Home & And Garden - October 18, 2021
- Red Hoop Talk EP 68: Indigenous Food Sovereignty Red Hoop Talk Native News & Talk Show - October 8, 2021
- Connect to the Earth With Native Seeds O'odham Action News - September 7, 2001
- In the Kitchen with Janos Wilder Arizona Arts Live - April 29, 2021
- In the Kitchen with Devon Sanners Arizona Arts Live - April 1, 2021
- Jacob Butler Becomes Chair of Native Seeds/SEARCH O'odham Action News - January 21,2021
2020
- 27 Organizations Working to Conserve Seed Biodiversity foodtank.com - July 2020
- Why The Nonprofit Seed Conservation Group Native Seeds/SEARCH Is In Higher Demand Than Ever KJZZ - June 23, 2020
- Seeds and Sheep program is distributing drought-resistant seeds to Native American families in San Juan County Salt Lake Tribune - May 14,2020
- Panic Buying Comes for the Seeds nytimes.com - March 2020
- Native Seeds/SEARCH Catalog Review finegardening.com
- For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds yesmagazine.org - January 2020
2019
- 120 Organizations Creating a New Decade for Food foodtank.com - December 2019
- Monsoon season brings reason to plant native seeds Ak-Chin O'odham Runner, July 19 - August 1, 2019
- Native Seeds/SEARCH looks to sustain rare, endangered crops through campaign Arizona Daily Star - June 22, 2019
- Getting To Know Teparies, Chiles, and their Wilder Cousins thelexicon.org
- Native Seeds/SEARCH Donates Cactus for Historic Krutch Garden Campus Arboretum - June, 2019
- Local resources zero in on issues that crop up while gardening in the Sonoran desert Arizona Daily Star - April 20, 2019
- How Indigenous Traditions Are Being Kept Alive Shopify video on Youtube - February 23, 2019
- How Native American Diets Benefit From Tucson's Indigenous Seeds Bank foodtank.com - January 2019
2018
- Native Seeds/SEARCH: Cultivating the Past to Preserve the Future nau.edu - 2018
- Remaining seeded: NS/S preserves indigenous food strains Pasatiempo - November 23, 2018
- Now's the time to collect seeds form your summer garden Arizona Daily Star - September 23, 2018
- Let the rain be your sprinkler system...and other monsoon gardening tips tucson.com - July 13, 2018
- This multi-colored corn is real and there's a fantastic story behind it Businessinsider.com - May 23, 2018
2017
- Twenty Seed-Saving Initiatives Preserving Biodiversity Around the World Food Tank - July 2017
- Bound By Roots: Tucson's Native Seeds/SEARCH wheretraveler.com - 2017
- Public Demand is Overwhelming Gene Banks' Public Service Civil Eats - April 27, 2017
2015
- Community Spotlight: Native Seeds/SEARCH Edible Baja Arizona - November 16, 2015
- Urban Sustainability in "Unprocessed" The Daily Wildcat - August 27, 2015
- Award Winning New Documentary Features Tarahumara Runners Native Times - July 14, 2015
- Seed Saviors Edible Baja Arizona - May/June 2015
- Historical crops in Arizona may be future of agriculture Arizona Republic May 11, 2015
- Forum Sows Big Ideas about Tiny Seeds Daily Yonder - May 10, 2015
- City to Address Food Security With New Commission Arizona Daily Star - May 8, 2015
- MacArthur Fellow Gary Paul Nabhan Arizona Public Media - April 23, 2015
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Ingraining; Bringing White Sonora wheat back to the Sonoran Desert
Edible Baja Arizona - March/April 2015 - A New Way to Feed the World as Temperatures Soar TakePart.com - March 28, 2015
- Organic White Sonora Wheat Makes Comeback in Area Arizona Daily Star - March 21, 2015
- Mexican Farmers Are Trucking Produce into an Arizona Town—Where Tons of it Gets Thrown into Landfills Quartz - March 20, 2015
- Sowing and Distributing Centuries-Old Seeds Indian Country Today - March 11, 2015
- This Bite-Size Documentary Reveals the Enormity of America's Food-Waste Problem February 3, 2015
- Old Vegetable Varieties Come With a Story The Dallas Morning News - January 14, 2015
- How to Source Truly High-Quality Seeds Mother Earth News - December 2014/January 2015
2014
- Ancient Superfoods Saved (and Savored) by Modern Palates Al Jazeera America - September 7, 2014
- Burns, Co-founder of Native Seeds/SEARCH, Dies Arizona Daily Star - August 15, 2014
- Native Seeds Promotes Plants for An Arid Climate Arizona Daily Star - July 27, 2014
- Gardeners' Gems: Designer Crops That Will Wow The Neighbors NPR - May 13, 2014
- Harvesting Cholla Buds Arizona Public Media - April 24, 2014
- Native American Traditional Foods Turn Into Viable Business Arizona Public Media - March 13, 2014
- Texas Farmer Reveals 8 Secret Sources for Best Seeds January 5, 2014
2013
- Oldest of Heirlooms in Native Seeds/SEARCH's Catalog and Seed Bank awaytogarden.com - December 31, 2013
- Borrowed From Nature: Modern Foods, Ancient Roots Daily Hampshire Gazette -December 6, 2013
- Tucson Groups Advocate for Native, Heirloom Plants Arizona Public Media - November 19, 2013
- Seeds on Seeds on Seeds: Why More Biodiversity Means More Food Security Grist (by NS/S Co-founder, Gary Nabhan) - November 2, 2013
- Rise of the Grains Documentary Features Metro Phoenix Food Leaders Phoenix New Times - October 31, 2013
- Kaleidoscope Corn: Brilliant Glass Gem Corn Captures Farmers Across The Nation International Business Times - October 1, 2013
- This Multi-Colored Corn Is Real And There's A Fantastic Story Behind It Business Insider - October 29, 2013
- Heirloom Tomatoes Could Save Mankind Salon.com - September 5, 2013
- Popular 'Seed Library' Expands to 8th Location Arizona Public Media - August 24, 2013
- Saving Seeds in Indian Country Al Jazeera America - August 19, 2013
- The Case for Seed Saving Huffington Post - August 6, 2013
- AZ Illustrated Science Arizona Public Media - March 19, 2013
- Preserving Plant Diversity in Southwest Arizona Public Media - March 19, 2013
- Native American Gardening: The Three Sisters and More Mother Earth News - February/March 2013
2012
- The Origins and Journey of 'Carl's Glass Gems' Rainbow Corn Mother Earth News - December 13, 2012
- Libraries Help to Grow Gardening Interest Arizona Republic - October 24, 2012
2011
- New Crop Growth with Ancient Seeds December 19, 2011 - Arizona Public Media
- Native Seeds/SEARCH Opens Arizona's First Seed Library in January December 12, 2011 - Phoenix New Times
- .Children of the Corn September 21, 2011 - New York Times
- the Past, One Seed At a Time May 13, 2011 - Arizona Public Media
- Pima County Goes Native May 12, 2011 - Arizona Public Media
- Hot on the Trails of Chili Peppers April 6, 2011 - New York Times
2008
- Preserving Precious Seeds, in Norway and Your Way Washington Post - March 6, 2008
2007
- Looking for Seeds for Native Garden? Search Ends Here Tucson Citizen - March 29, 2007
SEED LIBRARY ARTICLE IN ACRES BY NS/S STAFF
Acres U.S.A., one of the leading magazines for sustainable agriculture, published a feature article by former Native Seeds/SEARCH Executive Director Bill McDorman and Development Assistant Stephen Thomas. Titled "Sowing Revolution", the piece explores the burgeoning seed library movement from its roots over 10 years ago in the pioneering Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL) to the recent explosion of community seed libraries like Richmond Grows, started by Seed School graduate Rebecca Newburn. It's quite the captivating read... dig in!