Ep. 8: Lettuce Amongst the Stars: Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed

Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed in Philomath, Oregon visited our Truelove Seeds farm during a cross-country road trip in July, 2019. Frank began in the early 1980s as a salad grower providing greens for grocery stores throughout the country. As you will hear in this episode, an accidental hybrid between two of his lettuces sparked a deep passion for breeding new varieties, and he has been doing so ever since, now with varieties in many seed catalogs, and even in space.  Frank has been a invaluable mentor for so many people in the organic and small regional seed company world. We are so grateful for the wisdom he shares.    SEED STORIES TOLD IN THIS EPISODE: Outredgeous Lettuce Lava Dome Lettuce Wild Garden Kale Mix Chickweed Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress White Russian Kale   MORE INFO FROM THIS EPISODE: Interviewee: Frank Morton Wild Garden Seed: website Wild Garden Seed on Instagram: @wild_garden_seed Dr. Alan Kapuler and Peace Seeds Renee Shepherd and Renee's Garden John Navazio's The Organic Seed Grower Rob Johnston and Johnny's Select Seeds Luther Burbank's Wikipedia   ABOUT: Seeds And Their People is a radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden. trueloveseeds.com/blogs/satpradio   SUPPORT OUR PATREON! Become a monthly Patreon supporter! This will better allow us to take the time to record, edit, and share seed stories like these.   FIND OWEN HERE: Truelove Seeds Facebook  |  Tumblr  |  Instagram  |  Twitter   FIND CHRIS HERE: Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden   THANKS TO: Frank Morton Chris Keeve Jonah Hudson Maebh Aguilar Sara Taylor