Have you heard of Fruitful Commons?

You may have heard me talk about my volunteer organization, Central Texas Seed Savers, centexseedsavers.org. We prevent extinction of rare plants by sharing seeds. We support the seed collection at the Austin Public Library Central branch I providing seeds when the collection runs low. Katrin Abel, the librarian who cares for the seed collection shared this with me today “Here’s a fun stat for you: At the Sunshine Community Garden outreach on Saturday, attendees checked out 83 seed packets from the collection, which brings our total seed checkouts to over 25,000 packets since opening the collection in 2019.  Hooray!”

If every packet holds 10-20 seeds, you can estimate how many plants have been grown from those seeds. This impact is huge, and that is just one seed library. There are new seed library collections popping up every month around Central Texas, the newest being Del Valle Public Library Garfield Branch.

All of this impact is supported by Central Texas Seed Savers’ sponsorship organization, Fruitful Commons. The hardworking folks at Fruitful Commons make it possible for us to focus on the impact that we have on the community and saving seeds. They provide administrative backup for us like liability insurance, fundraising help and they connect us to a broader network of resources and organizations to collaborate with. Their support is crucial to CTSS’s success and we literally could not do it without them.

I am asking you today to support Fruitful Commons by donating at least $5.

https://betterunite.com/fruitfulcommons-fruitfulcommonssustainingmembership

Thanks!