Mission: Shifting agriculture towards adaptation, community and diversity.

Going to Seed shifts the focus to adapting plants to local conditions.
This is the approach that was common in industrialized countries before 1900, and many Indigenous people around the world continue to practice today. This is the mindset which is at the heart of Adaptation Gardening. We will reshape our food system to:

Embrace resilience through genetic diversity
Breed for flavor and nutrient density rather than yield and shelf life
Reduce pollution from pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer runoff
Return control of seeds to the people who grow them
We empower growers with the knowledge, seeds, and resources to shift toward sustainable farming methods that rely on adaptation rather than inputs.

We advocate for genetic diversity. Open-pollination is necessary to increase crop resiliency, and allows adaptation to conditions over time.