Seeds

Te'Lario Watkins, age 16, started his nonprofit in 2020 and now works with seven area farmers.

In a new exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute called “Archiving Eden”, photographer Dornith Doherty turns her lens to the critical issue of seed saving, and global efforts to conserve the world’s food sources.

The United States Department of Agriculture is asking Ohioans to send unsolicited seeds they receive in the mail to their offices in Columbus, or to the nearest OSU Extension offices.

78 percent of the world’s seeds are now owned by three companies, and it’s those companies who decide which ones to make available to the public. That’s…