Seed advocate named as new Seed Savers Exchange board president

The founder and director of Sierra Seeds, a small, regional seed company based in Nevada County, California, has now been elected chair of the Seed Savers Exchange Board.

Rowen White succeeds Keith Crotz, who had served as SSE Board Chair since 2012.  Crotz will remain a director of the board.

White is a seed saver, farmer and educator and a passionate activist for seed sovereignty. She is from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and curates an extensive collection of rare northeast native seeds.  She teaches creative seed training immersions around the country within tribal and small farming communities.  Her business, Sierra Seeds, is an innovative organic seed
cooperative focusing on local seed production and education.