The future of food is banking on climate-resistant seeds like the ones grown in Boulder
Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, checks over a recent harvest at MASA Seed Foundation on October 16, 2022, in Boulder. The farm has 250,000 plants on site with fruits, vegetables, and seed plants. Masa Seed Foundation is an agricultural cooperative that grows open pollinated, heirloom, locally and regionally adapted farm grown seeds. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Sunflowers dry out on the hood of an old car at MASA Seed Foundation on October 1, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The foundation grew over 50 varieties of sunflowers from 50 different countries. They found seven varieties that did well in the Boulder climate. The farm has 250,000 plants on site with fruits, vegetables, and seed plants. Masa Seed Foundation is an agricultural cooperative that grows open pollinated, heirloom, locally and regionally adapted farm grown seeds. They seek to build a bio-regional seed bank, form a multi-demographic seed growers cooperative, distribute organic seeds and produce for hunger relief, facilitate educationally driven volunteer programs in agriculture, horticulture and permaculture and to teach and assist local growers with residential and farm landscapes to grow food sustainably and locally. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Richard Pecoraro, Founder and agricultural director, holds a bunch of recently harvested Chioggia beets at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder.(Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Richard Pecoraro, left, Founder and agricultural director and Mike Feltheim, right, harvest Chioggia beets at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
![Bee balm grows in the gardens at MASA Seed Foundation...]()
Bee balm grows in the gardens at MASA Seed Foundation on October 16, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Flowers grow at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. Masa Seed Foundation is an agricultural cooperative that grows open pollinated, heirloom, locally and regionally adapted farm grown seeds. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
![Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, harvests tomatoes harvested directly off...]()
Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, harvests tomatoes harvested directly off the vine at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. The farm has 3300 tomato plants on site. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
![Buckets of harvested peppers for sale at MASA Seed Foundation...]()
Buckets of harvested peppers for sale at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
![Drying Western Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) at MASA Seed Foundation...]()
Drying Western Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
![Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, crushes a flower to produce...]()
Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, crushes a flower to produce seeds at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. These are Hopi Ceremonial Tobacco Seeds in palm from a tobacco plant. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
![Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, holding a box of tomatoes...]()
Laura Allard-Antelmi, grower and co-founder, holding a box of tomatoes harvested directly off the vine, smells the blooms of flowering Jasmine Tobacco at MASA Seed Foundation on October 7, 2022, in Boulder. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
