Chris Smith on Collard Greens - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - December 7, 2020

December 05, 2020 00:26:15
Chris Smith on Collard Greens - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - December 7, 2020
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Chris Smith on Collard Greens - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - December 7, 2020

Dec 05 2020 | 00:26:15

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Show Notes

Heirloom tomatoes and pumpkins you’ve heard of, but why shouldn’t heirloom collards get just as much love—and space in our gardens? Tell the truth: Have you ever even grown collards, whether an old-time variety or otherwise? You should, and to that end, National Collards Week begins December 14th, spearheaded by Seed Savers Exchange, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, the Utopian Seed Project and others, and that seemed reason enough to me to dig in and learn about this delicious green.  

To talk collards I called Chris Smith, a serious seed saver and permaculturist and writer. Though he was born in the U.K., Chris has a particular passion for traditional Southern crops. He’s executive director of the Utopian Seed Project, a crop trialing nonprofit working to celebrate food and farming, and his book, “The Whole Okra,” which we talked about on the show when it came out, won a James Beard Foundation Award in 2020.Attachments area

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