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GrowHaus – Making Good Food Happen
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GrowHaus is an indoor farm, marketplace and educational center in north Denver, CO. They live their motto of "Healthy food is a right, not a privilege."

From The Range To The Garden
A short look at the foundation of Terroir Seeds with an article we wrote for Range Magazine in 1996 after attending a Public Rangelands Grazing Conference.

Acres USA Feature: Soil to Seed
The January 2015 Acres USA magazine features Terroir Seeds. This will give you great insight into what makes Terroir Seeds so unique in today’s seed world.

Future of Food: Dictatorship or Democracy?
Is the future of our food a democracy or dictatorship? How can we choose to make our food system a better place? We look at some possibilities.

Seed Quality from Two Perspectives
Seed quality is important to the home gardener, small scale grower and large farmer. Make better choices and buy wiser by understanding seed quality

Resiliency and the Ripple Effect
Resiliency once was similar to self-sufficiency, and it still applies in that respect. Positive ripples come about when others learn resiliency and share.

Thoughts on Selected Wendell Berry Quotes
Wendell Berry's quotes have had a profound impact on me and what has become Terroir Seeds. I share thoughts on a few quotes on gardening and growing food.

Are We At The Peak of Industrial Agriculture?
What if we are at the peak of industrial agriculture, like Peak Oil? What if this is as good as commercial, industrial and corporate agriculture gets?

Hate Black Friday? Don’t Participate!
“Black Friday: Because only in America, people trample others for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have.” Sound ironic?

Benefits of Heirloom Seeds vs GMO Seeds Video
The benefits of heirloom seeds vs GMO seeds explores what a home gardener should know and what they can do.

GMOs and Roundup – How They Affect People, Animals, Soil and Waterways
Video presentation that shows the dangers of GMOs seeds and how they work with Roundup (glyphosate).

Carlo Petrini’s Speech to Slow Food USA Delegates
We present Carlo Petrini's reception speech to the Slow Food USA delegates to the 2012 Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy.

Caretakers of the Seeds
We do not own the seeds we sell; we are simply caretakers of the seedstock, maintaining genetic purity, quality and viability while they are in our care.

Help Build a Better World
We need to build a better world, you and I. There has never been more of a need than there is today. There has also never been a better time.

Growing Milkweed for the Monarch Butterfly
Terroir Seeds recently helped coordinate a milkweed growing project to benefit the Monarch butterfly. Here's the full story!

Overlooked Benefits of Home Gardening
Home gardening offers many benefits, some you can hold and eat along with many others that you can't. See these overlooked blessings.

Home Gardening As Therapy
Home gardening can be one of the best therapeutic activities available. Regain your sanity with your hands in the soil.

Where Did My Favorite Heirloom Seeds Go?
Why does your favorite heirloom seed varieties disappear from the catalog or website, sometimes reappearing and sometimes not? We show you some reasons!

The Tale of Two Seeds- Heirloom vs Hybrid Seed Production
A look at two seed production models- heirloom seed vs hybrid seed- is presented from a quality vs quantity viewpoint.

The Cycle of Terroir- From the Soil, to the Seed, to the Food You Eat
Healthy soil plus healthy seed grows tasty food and healthy people. A simple, systematic approach to healthy soil, seed and food is presented.

Coffee CSA- a Great Deal for Everyone
Buying your coffee directly from the grower with CoffeeCSA makes so much sense, to so many people on so many levels.

Terroir Manifesto for Eating
The Terroir-ist's Manifesto for Eating asks you to deeply consider where your food comes from, in in considering it, get to know it much better.

Can One Person Really Make a Difference Today?
Can one person really make a difference in the food system today? This is how one person can make the change that they seek in healthier, local food.

Thought Provoking Article About Our Food System
Are you truly part of the positive change in the food system, or are you part of the status quo -even while thinking you are helping change along?

The Food Movement, Rising
Michael Pollan writes about the Food Movement. The Food Movement is local, small scale and fresh food as opposed to shipped, commercial and tasteless food.

Heirloom Seeds Give Us Resiliency
The diversity of heirloom seeds gives a resiliency that provides a real answer to the collapse and catastrophe of today's chemical industrial agriculture.

Heirloom Seeds and Plants
Heirloom vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs are varieties that have remained popular with home gardeners because they grow well and taste great.

What is Terroir Seeds and how does it relate to Underwood Gardens?
How Terroir Seeds came to be, with an heirloom seed growing home gardening background, Stephen and Cindy purchased Underwood Gardens and moved forward.

Why Heirlooms Seeds Matter
Heirloom seeds, along with heirloom herbs and flowers have seen a tremendous growth in the past few years. Why do heirloom seeds matter?