Rachel Breen and Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen, Seed-Saving Bingo, Guthrie Theater, Northern Spark 2016. Photo: Jayme Halbritter.
Rachel Breen and Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen, Seed-Saving Bingo, Guthrie Theater, Northern Spark 2016. Photo: Jayme Halbritter.
Rachel Breen and Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen, Seed-Saving Bingo, Guthrie Theater, Northern Spark 2016. Photo: Jayme Halbritter.
Trail of Tears Bean Seeds. Image: Rachel Breen.
Come play bingo and learn about what you can do in your own yard to save seeds and protect biodiversity!
The practice of saving and passing down seeds allows humans to play a critical role in fighting climate change. The world’s heirloom seed heritage is irreplaceable and threatened by the rise of monoculture farming, the patenting of seeds, and the endangering of heirloom varieties by genetically modified crops.
Saving heirloom seeds preserves seeds adapted over countless generations to different environments, disease, insect tolerances and climates. By saving and cultivating many varieties of seeds, these seeds can learn how to adapt to a changing environment. Diversity in our seeds is a kind of insurance policy in combatting climate change.
Artist Rachel Breen utilizes non-traditional materials and explores social concerns through drawing, installation, performance and public art projects.
Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen is one seed saver in a long line of great teachers and breeders before her.
View more photos from Seed Saving Bingo on the Northern Spark Flickr here!