Pueblo Seed Saving at Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute - Santa Clara Pueblo скачать в хорошем качестве

Pueblo Seed Saving at Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute - Santa Clara Pueblo

Roxanne Swentzell, president and co-founder of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute, has been saving seeds in the Pueblo region of northern New Mexico for the last 40 years. Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute (FTPI) was established in 1987 at the homesite of Roxanne in Santa Clara Pueblo located in northern New Mexico. This Native American woman-run nonprofit promotes Indigenous ways of living. It offers training, workshops, and hands-on learning about earth building, traditional agriculture, and climate resilience. The group works with tribal communities, farmers, and aspiring seed keepers from the region and beyond. FTPI operates from two homesteads and serves as a space for cultural and ecological education. FTPI has two seed banks that support Indigenous agriculture and seed saving at Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. The first is at the home of FTPI president Roxanne and was built using passive design and materials like adobe, straw, and wood. It protects seeds from pests and also serves as a space to cure squash and gourds. The second seed bank, adjacent to the community space and lodging, holds a larger collection, including samples of rare Hopi corn. Some seeds come from Roxanne’s grandparents, and others were recovered from the ashes of a fire that damaged a neighboring seed bank. Roxanne, along with interns and visiting learners, tends the collection through harvesting, drying, germination testing, and careful storage. Learn more at https://www.floweringtreepermaculture... Video and photography by Justin Risley of Native Seeds/SEARCH. The interview and photography was shot on January 8, 2025. This video is part of a Community Guide to Seed Banking in the Southwest, with support from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S.Department of Agriculture, through the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE). View the full project here: https://www.nativeseeds.org/pages/see... Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project are those of the creator(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.