Sarah Silverheels-Keller
Email: ftpseeds@gmail.com
Operational Info
Scale of Operations: 20 acres
Climate: hot dry
Distribution: Contract sales, Local retail (rack sales, farmers market, etc.)
Certifications: Organic
Crop families experienced with in seed production: Basil, Beets, Borage, Broad beans, Buckwheat, Calendula, Chives, Clover, Collards, Corn, Cornflower, Cosmos, Cowpeas, Cucumbers, Dry beans, Garden beans, Garlic, Hollyhock, Leeks, Lettuce, Marigold, Mint, Mustard, Mustards, Onions, Oregano, Parsley, Peppers, Popcorn, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Radishes, Rutabaga, Sage, Snapdragon, specialty greens, Statice, Summer squash, Sunflower, Sweet corn, Tomatoes, Vetch, Watermelons, Winter squash, Zinnia
Is seed in any quantities available for purchase? Yes
Instructions for purchasing: BY email. FTPSeeds@gmail.com
Open to contracting for seed production?: Yes
Bio
Our organic seed farm is located in the foothills one mile before the state park Bridgeport and the Yuba River in Nevada county CA. We bought the farm in 2014. We are in rolling hills woodland area with two creeks on 60 acres. I lease the lower part of the land to a cattlemen and we have cows and my one horse in pasteur.We plant, harvest and process organic seed for sale. We do contract grow outs and verity trials for seed breeders. We grow tomatoes , beans, corn, flowers, peppers, cucumbers, basil , garlic, herbs & more.
