Ep. 8: Lettuce Amongst the Stars: Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed

Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed in Philomath, Oregon visited our Truelove Seeds farm during a cross-country road trip in July, 2019. Frank began in the early 1980s as a salad grower providing greens for grocery stores throughout the country. As you will hear in this episode, an accidental hybrid between two of his lettuces sparked a deep passion for breeding new varieties, and he has been doing so ever since, now with varieties in many seed catalogs, and even in space. 

Frank has been a invaluable mentor for so many people in the organic and small regional seed company world. We are so grateful for the wisdom he shares. 

 

SEED STORIES TOLD IN THIS EPISODE:

• Outredgeous Lettuce
• Lava Dome Lettuce
• Wild Garden Kale Mix
• Chickweed
• Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress
• White Russian Kale

 

MORE INFO FROM THIS EPISODE:

Interviewee: Frank Morton

• Wild Garden Seed: website
• Wild Garden Seed on Instagram: @wild_garden_seed
• Dr. Alan Kapuler and Peace Seeds
• Renee Shepherd and Renee's Garden
• John Navazio's The Organic Seed Grower
• Rob Johnston and Johnny's Select Seeds
• Luther Burbank's Wikipedia

 

ABOUT:

Seeds And Their People is a radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.

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THANKS TO:

• Frank Morton
• Chris Keeve
• Jonah Hudson
• Maebh Aguilar
• Sara Taylor