There’s also a growout of rare peanut seeds for GTS this year, too, right? I received a few seeds from three accessions, and I’m happy to report I have a few plants of each growing now. 
I made sure to put them in my “permaculture zone 1” bed, a.k.a. “the one I remember to water the most frequently.” 
@VeggieSavage if you haven’t already, you may want to visit the forum thread for the ongoing USA Serendipity Seed Swap
By coincidence, in the next week or so it will arrive here and it’ll be my turn to make seed withdrawals and deposits from the traveling box. If you are also in the United States, you could consider signing up to receive it.
That forum thread is the place to discuss what seed contributions are appropriate, but the criteria is much broader for that seed swap and I think other folks than me would be interested in what you have to offer.
Side note: I’m really stoked you have access to so many cool fruits in your local food stores and are willing to take the time to figure out how to share those seeds! I hope we’re all able to grow those out and add that incredible variety of genetics to the seeds we all share. What an incredible resource!
Your wild forage list is enviable! 
It’s easy to see how passionate you are about this. Thank you for offering such an impressive array of seeds. 
Thank you! I’m eager to share these seeds with everybody, DM me, I’m sure you’ve got things I’d like. I’m curious to see how they preform in a wide range of climates but also because I can’t have a garden, i can at least have joy in seeing others garden the very seeds I sent.
Thank you! You are most welcome, I’ve got plenty more of different types of Wild Seeds, this list was just things I thought y’all find interesting (I’ve gathered so much more, especially tree seeds), just DM me & we can trade.
Any way we can get a category for okry? I think some of us in the south will contribute.
okra? yes, I’m hoping to add okra in 2025. You’re welcome to send seeds in any time. Contributing Seeds – Going to Seed
I should have some of my house grex (started with some good old Clemson Spineless, a couple red varieties, and a kibbutz-bred, selecting for flavor and drought tolerance without too many spines).
I can’t contribute (yet?) from Canada, but I’m excited to see the list of stewards and their projects for 2025!! I am wondering if any thought had been put for seed pooling projects in Canada, whether formal or informal.
I have nothing to add, just wanted to respond so it pops up as a new post and helps people to remember to send their seeds in before Nov 22.
Maarten
Thanks Maarten, for this post and the seeds you sent in.
@Patate we are accepting seed from Canada this year! And I would be willing to help organize a Canadian Seed Share, but that requires a dedicated Canadian to do shipping, receiving, and organizing, and so far no one has stepped forward. If you’re interested, I’d be happy to discuss with you what goes into organizing the program.
Hi Anna, could you let me/us know in the thread or in a DM what you think this could look like? I’m wondering what GTS could provide in terms of seeds, shipping logistics and other kind of support.
Great to hear seeds from Canada are accepted now!
Hey @Patate - happy to give an overview here.
What GTS could provide:
What canadian organizers would need to do:
I’d recommend starting with a limited pilot, maybe 5 or so mixes, maybe a smaller ordering window of a few weeks, to keep things simple. If anyone is interested, I’m happy to talk further.
Hi Anna,
I can volunteer to be a Canadian organizer. I would have the capacity to receive seed, organize it and process orders.
I could be an organizer too. I think the idea of starting small as a pilot project is great.
I was also wondering if GTS would be able to provide some seeds to help jump start the project.
I have personal interest in broad appeal species such as Moschata, Maxima and tomatoes and could provide some seeds.
I think a small pilot is a really good idea too.
I have maxima and TPS that I was planning to submit to GTS but could use to start up a Canadian GTS mix instead. I also have a ton of winter pepo seeds but so far I’ve only selected the population for early maturity and cold soil emergence not taste.
I have lots of (pepo) Candystick delicata seeds; I could contribute some.
This is great news. I have enough of the early melons and beans to contribute some.
It might be a cool exercise/gain Canadian buy-in to do a survey on what priority crops and traits would be. I’m planning on doing this ‘diversity wheel’ exercise at our fall event in my community, I got the idea from guidebooks about starting community seed banks in Africa (this is Zimbabwe but saw this in other startup guides).
These crops and varieties, which are tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses, are carefully selected and propagated by farmers and breeders through Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB). The initial step in the PPB process involves a comprehensive diagnostic exercise using a tool called the diversity wheel. This allows farmers to identify crops and crop varieties with the required traits that suit their preferences and local ecological conditions.
Maybe there’s a way we could have all Canadian contributions routed to a Canadian address then we could make the mixes out of those contributions plus our own. Just an idea, but that way they’d already be adapted to Canadian growing conditions.
I have a fairly robust stash of purchased seed as well I could add some to a mix if it needed more but I also know that people are hoping for diverse seed so I wouldn’t want to do that too much.
Ya good idea, I’ll let the GTS leaders give some input on what could work best for seeds. I personally have been importing from the US for my projects so I think there’s some value with importing some genetics, even if they are not always ideal for northern conditions.
In terms of priority crops, we could survey the canadian community here. Additionally, I see priority crops being a cross between popular homestead/garden crops, easier to breed crops, and seed steward interest. It’s probably easy to also check what seeds are popular in the GTS store.
For example, the main 3 squash species will likely fit these criteria. On the other side, TPS is a more difficult one to get into (but worth it if a group is into it)