The Going to Seed Podcast

by Joseph Lofthouse and Shane Simonsen

Learn how to grow your own genetically diverse, locally adapted vegetable crops. Learn more at GoingToSeed.org- Seeds, Courses, Community.

Season 1
Taylor Chance
Taylor Chance
S01 E20
47:11
Taylor Chance talks to Shane about his many crop breeding projects, including Chinese yams (Dioscorea polystachya), ancestral cucurbits and interspecies goji berry hybrids.
Padraic Flood
Padraic Flood
S01 E18
43:30
Shane Simonsen talks to Padraic Flood about his work to domesticate the lost tuberous pea crop of Europe, Aardaker, also known as Lathyrus tuberosus.
Episode 16- Darren Abbey
Episode 16- Darren Abbey
S01 E16
48:53
Shane talks to Dr. Darren Abbey about breeding blue beans, white tomatoes, storage tomatillos and so much more. Read more about Darren's work - https://the-biologist-is-in.blogspot.com/ Find him on Twitter (@thebiologistisn), Mastodon (@thebiologistisn@redwombat.social), Bluesky (@thebiologistisn), Threads: (@thebiologistisn), Instagram (@thebiologistisn) and Tiktok (@thebiologistisn).
Episode 15- Holly Hansen
Episode 15- Holly Hansen
S01 E15
55:37
Joseph and Holly reminisce and discuss plans for the year ahead.
Yevgenii Berben-Zycki
Yevgenii Berben-Zycki
S01 E14
19:15
This episode features traditional farmer Yevgenii Berben-Zycki, managing his farm with his family in the middle of an active war zone in Ukraine. He outlines his family's work selectively breeding hazelnuts over the last four generations, and how they are reconnecting with historic farming techniques.