In our families and communities, there are folks who are the keepers of family and local history. They save our stories and past them down to the next generation. On Saturday, October 20, 2018, Bill Best, author of Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia will give two presentations on heirloom seed saving at Home Craft Days. Meet Bill Best, retired professor of Berea College, author, farmer, and the keeper of heirloom seeds... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_cTXA9edc ... See more
Meet a remarkable farmer and author who's lifelong work in seed preservation will open your eyes to the benefits of heirloom seeds and their effect on the qu...
Bill Best, seed saver from Berea, Kentucky will give two presentations on saving heirloom seeds at Home Craft Days on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 2 PM and again at 3 PM in Godwin Hall, Room 155. For more on Bill Best, see http://www.kentuckyartisancenter.ky.gov/ArtisanDetail.aspx?artisanId=8970 ... See more
Bill Best has catalogued 175 to 200 varieties of old-time beans and numerous heirloom varieties of tomatoes, for preservation and growing on his farm located outside of Berea, Kentucky. Bill Best grows and sells seeds, plants, and his yearly harvest of beans and tomatoes at the Lexington and Berea F... ... See more