Annual Members Meeting November 22, 2025
Our Annual Members Meeting is coming up soon. Join other members to discuss Seeds of Diversity's programs and membership, and approve our annual reports.
3:00pm Eastern time - See the details here
Join our Board of Directors
Do you love what Seeds of Diversity does and want to help make it even better? We're looking for people with skills and experience who can help strategize our work for the future. Meetings are monthly and virtual, typically no more than an hour. We're especially looking for people who have connections with the wider seed-saving community, experience in administration or governance of non-profit organizations, and availability for a one-hour virtual meeting each month.
If that sounds like you, send us an email expressing your interest and let us know
- Your background, skills, and experience with non-profits like Seeds of Diversity.
- What you feel you can offer as a board member.
- Any questions that you might have about our board, meeting style, or other roles within the organization.
Join us November 8 to discuss membership
Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey on membership governance. This important topic is not necessarily interesting to everyone, but it's crucial that we get it right, so we're grateful for your input. Read on for a summary of all the replies, and :
Please join us for an online discussion of these topics and future directions on Saturday November 8 at 1:00 Eastern time.
In Praise of Pumpkins
This article comes from our archives - way back in 1989 our founding president Heather Apple wrote about her love of pumpkins in our third-ever member publication. She gives tips for growing and eating these classic vegetables loved by Cinderella, Charlie Brown, and Peter Pumpkin Eater, and she even shares her Granny's recipe for pumpkin pie!
For extra traditional fun, read our original 1989 print format!
Turnips: The Original King of Halloween
From our Youth in Food Systems blog, we feature the creativity of young gardeners and writers who are learning how to create tomorrow's sustainable food system.
The use of a hollowed-out turnip as a lantern for Halloween was once a common practice in Ireland and Scotland (though potatoes or even radishes were also sometimes used). As sources of light, the turnip lanterns would help ward off evil, but their overall shape and cutouts (resembling a face) had a meaning, as well
In this issue
Join us November 8 to discuss membership
Turnips: The Original King of Halloween
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