Our Seed Partners

A community-oriented agriculture project with a vision, Here and There Grain Project is many things—a peri-urban farm, a seed cleaning facility, and a mill for locally grown staple crops (primarily grains) on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

Established in 2021 by a bread baker interested in working more closely with grains and soil, Here and There Grain Project aims to lower the barrier of entry for established farmers to incorporate grain production into their crop rotations through technical assistance and collaborative cultivation.

Dara has a degree in ecological horticulture, a background in regenerative agriculture, and is the owner and operator of Esperanza Farm in southern Maine.

Esperanza Farm, established in 2016, is a small, certified organic, no-till farm and homestead where Dara grows food, medicine, flowers and native plants with her family. Esperanza is less a traditional working farm and more a demonstration in observing and utilizing natural systems to produce nutritious food and medicine, and encourage a more cohesive ecosystem. Dara and her family like to visualize small farms and gardens everywhere as a way toward a brighter future for all

Doug is the livestock manager and nursery manager for Lillooet Farm in Boxford, MA and his background includes experiential education, farming, gardening and land management. Guided by the patterns of Nature, he practices adaptive grazing with a flock of sheep while developing and enhancing a silvopasture landscape. He also serves as a Board member of NOFA/Mass where he promotes regenerative agriculture and a restorative food system by helping more people gain access to the resources needed to grow healthy food and foster local knowledge networks.

El Alimento is a queer stewarded farm on Mohican/Munsee land in Ancram, New York  run by Jo Galvis, a seed grower with roots in Colombia. Jo grows 1 acre of open-pollinated and carefully selected vegetable seeds for regional seed companies to increase the availability of climate-adapted seeds for local farmers. Jo participated in the Citywide Urban Agriculture Program as a student of Farm School NYC. Their farming experience includes working with Seed Savers Exchange in 2020 and Row 7 Seed Company in 2022. The work of Indigenous, Black, and migrant land stewards and food justice activists has been crucial in Jo's process of reconnecting with their family’s farming history and in envisioning seed liberation, sustainable farming and cooperation.

You can find more about Jo's farm @alimentoseeds

in 2012, Katie (AKA The Monarch Gardener) transformed her Ipswich property into a monarch waystation supporting monarch butterflies and hundreds of other native pollinator species. As an ecologist she quickly realized she could help others do the same. Since 2014, she has been helping local landowners transform their properties into their own havens for wildlife through her native pollinator host plant nursery. This spring she is expanding to Nutter Farm in Topsfield, MA where visitors will find over 100 species of northeastern US perennials and shrubs seedlings, the majority grown from Essex County, MA collected seed.

Teddy is the founder of Zafferano Farm, a 2.2 acre certified organic farm in Mattituck, New York on Long Island. His interest in farming was sparked over a decade ago when he transitioned to veganism and became curious about our food system. His curiosity led to a masters degree in Food Studies at the American University in Rome. During his studies, Teddy worked with several farms that focused on seed production including Rete Semi Rurali, a non-profit network dedicated to seed biodiversity and preservation. Zafferano Farm produces a range of speciality crops including saffron, garlic, greens, and tomatoes. Teddy is excited to be part of the Northeast Participatory Seed Catalog’s stewarding of unique varieties and loves that there is always more to learn in seed work.

Ivory Silo Farm
Westport, Massachsetts

Philia Farm

Ovid, New York

High Ground Gardens

Ovid, New York