Seed Peace

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Oct. 20, 2021

  Seed Peace hosts first-ever "squaction"

  Casey Piscura introduces Seed Peace. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh.

  The first-ever Squash Auction and Variety Showcase fundraiser for Seed Peace attracted a sizable crowd to Batch Provisions on Oct. 14. Prized selections of winter squash were sold to the highest bidder by Executive Director Casey Piscura along with vegetable-dyed aprons designed by Katie Browne of Box Eleven and printed… read more →

• Locations: News Published Sep. 8, 2021

  Local farm aspires to global impact

  Local grower Casey Piscura is transforming Wild Mountain Seeds, his seed-breeding company, into an ambitious nonprofit that seeks nothing less than a rehaul of the food system. It begins here, in the Roaring Fork Valley. Photo by Will Sardinsky.

  By Will Sardinsky

  Glimpses of bright, reflective ribbon shine out from between dense masses of green at the Wild Mountain Seeds greenhouse. These silver and neon orange ribbons are strung around plants that look healthy, green and bear a robust fruit. Around the flagged plants, others wilt and… read more →