Michalina Hunter

Organization: Cicada Seeds

Location: Errington, British Columbia Canada

Biography

I grew up saving seeds with my mom on the Sunshine Coast. Some of the first seeds I saved with her were scarlet runner beans. I started growing seeds for her small seed business (Dragonfly Seeds) around 2017, started a community seed library shortly after, and made the leap to start my own seed company in 2021. When starting my own garden, I was frustrated when I couldn't find perennial vegetable varieties I had read about in permaculture and ecological gardening books. I made it my mission to source seeds for these plants and make them available to gardeners like me in Canada (and beyond).

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