‘They kept us alive for thousands of years’: could saving Palestinian seeds also save the world? | Environment
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 29, 2024
Vivien Sansour at Hudson Valley Seed Co farm in Accord, New York, on 20 March 2024. Photograph: Bridget Badore/The Guardian
The first year that the Hudson Valley Seed Company tried growing yakteen at their farm in upstate New York, the heirloom variety of Palestinian gourd quickly spread until its vines were sending their tendrils across a full acre of land. Born of a partnership with the artist, researcher and conservationist 
