Indigenous Seedkeeping: Caring for our Three Sisters - with Rowen White

In this third session of the “Strategies for Success in the Time of Climate Change“ series, we were joined by Rowen White. Rowen is a Seedkeeper and farmer from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, and a passionate activist for Indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is the director and founder of Sierra Seeds, an innovative organic seed stewardship organization focusing on local seed and education, based in Nevada City, CA. Rowen is the Program Coordinator and advisor for the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network, an initiative of the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance. The mission of the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network is to nourish and assist the growing Seed Sovereignty movement across Turtle Island. Rowen’s passion is in teaching and mentoring, and has developed many curricula which focus on holistic, Indigenous permaculture based approaches to seed stewardship which honor the many layers of seed culture; from practical hands-on skills, cultural context, and memory with guiding principles th