Filled with gorgeous full-color illustrations on every page, this visual guide to seed saving practices and traditions will inspire you to plant, save, eat, and craft with seeds—with 60 projects and interviews with seed keepers from around the world.Outdoor educator, cultural anthropologist, and artist, Dr. Meg Handler introduces simple and powerful practices that will connect you to the natural world, wherever you live. With techniques to save and grow your own seeds, including over a dozen types of vegetables, grains, fruits, and flowers; activities and information on how to gather common native and wild seeds in your neighborhood and local nature areas; craft projects and recipes that transform seeds into musical instruments, games, clothing, jewelry, and nourishing snacks; and inspiring true stories from seed keepers from different cultures and regions of the United States, Central America, Europe, and the Middle East—this book will inspire readers of all ages to learn how to grow their own food, forage, and sprout seeds.