Seed Stewardship

AARON DINWOODIE

CO-FOUNDER | FERAL HEART FARM

Gain the knowledge to save seeds from your garden plants through basic botany and plant identification.

Aaron Dinwoodie has been farming for 15 years, getting his start on a ranch in coastal California just south of Half Moon Bay. There he learned how to raise dairy goats and laying hens, prune, graft and propagate fruit trees, and cultivate a wide variety of annual and perennial vegetables and herbs in both garden and field settings. Seed saving became a passion of his, which he sees as integral to any farm's sustainability. He currently participates in seed saving projects as part of a burgeoning bioregional seed producer's organization. As co-founder of Feral Heart Farm, now in its sixth season, he has brought these skills and passion with him. He participates in all aspects of the farm, from seeding to soil prep to planting to weeding and harvesting, to marketing to restaurants and the farmers market, as well as administrative work. He loves to help make the land laugh and sing fruits, roots, flowers, and leaves and create a productive and healing environment for all creatures great and small.