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2023 In These Mountains - Project Grants

Ashe County Public Library

Recipient Information

Location

West Jefferson, North Carolina

Project Title

Saving Seeds, Saving Stories: Sowing a New Generation of Growers

Year of Award

2023

Grant or Fellowship

In These Mountains - Project Grants

Grant Amount

$10,000

The focus of "Saving Seeds, Saving Stories: Sowing a New Generation of Growers" will be to collect local,heritage, vegetable seeds and document the stories that have been passed down with them. We will share thisbounty by preparing seed stories for publication in print and online and plant the seeds with the goal of growingmore seeds to share with the community through the Ashe Seed Library and local partners.