Nico sits in a park with Owen Taylor- queer seed keeper and social justice activist Owen Taylor. They talk about how seed keeping is tied to cultural sovreignty and, maybe, queer family building. This episode also features music from Owen’s band, My Gay Banjo! https://trueloveseeds.com/, @seedkeeping, https://mygaybanjo.bandcamp.com/
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Photo courtesy of @seedkeeping – Owen with the Lunga di Napoli.
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