Comments on: Meet the Modern Farmer Saving Seeds of the African Diaspora https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/sistah-seeds-african-diaspora/ Farm. Food. Life. Mon, 13 May 2024 15:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Maya https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/sistah-seeds-african-diaspora/#comment-39796 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:20:39 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=144803#comment-39796 In reply to Anne Daigle.

Oh hon I wish her all the best and really hope she can find more heirloom seeds.

As someone who worked in the seedbank for some months in 2021, I know for sure that this journey can be spiritual and therapeutic for us blacks and so many seeds that have significance in the black agricultural space have actually been lost and many more are facing q decline not just in America but across Africa. So yes, a mission like hers is needed and may it be fruitful.

]]> By: Anne Daigle https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/sistah-seeds-african-diaspora/#comment-39783 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:45:08 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=144803#comment-39783 Two things I would hope that you can propagate. In Louisiana, many years ago there was a tiny pea called a Chackbay pea for the area where it was grown–a bit smaller than a Dixie Lee pea but more flavorful. There was also a type of corn, used to make stewed corn (Macque choux) which was called horse corn. It was not as sweet as the corn available in markets today. Dishes made with it had a superior flavor.

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