Stop Food Waste 2021 Virtual Event 3

Tucson Nonprofit Preserves Indigenous Foods

In Tucson, Arizona, the nonprofit Native Seeds/SEARCH maintains a ‘library’ full of heritage seeds indigenous to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Several distribution programs return these seeds to Native Americans who historically incorporated the crops in their daily diets.

Tucson’s Native Seeds/SEARCH nonprofit makes heritage seeds available to indigenous people through multiple distribution channels