At SEEDS, we’re honored to be part of a community that has valued youth empowerment, farms, farmers, and healthy, equitable food choices since 1994. Community members, like you, have helped SEEDS build and sustain meaningful programs at our … read more
Looking for an opportunity to invest your skills and passion to support Durham’s youth? SEEDS is seeking great people to join our board and help us evolve in service of our mission to teach kids to respect life, … read more
From SEEDlings to SEEDsters, our summer campers utilized their gardening skills to cultivate creative dishes with our Camp Director, Chef and Counselors. What a way to hold true to our mission of ensuring young people respect life, the … read more
Longtime SEEDS partner Farm Church organized a group this morning to harvest greens and deliver to Lincoln Community Health Center. Thank you, Farm Church!
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At its regular meeting of the board of directors, held virtually last week, Durham-based SEEDS named five new board members, including two graduate students from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business who will serve the board … read more
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Hiring: We have hired two of our DIG Grads, Betzaly Lila-Galicia, and Brittany Lila-Galicia, as our new SEEDlings and SAPLINGs Educators. They will be working with Summer Camp students, teaching them farming and cooking, and continuing with us … read more
In the summertime, we have a ton of fresh, delicious produce ready to eat, and the last thing we want is to heat up the kitchen using our oven. Enter: lettuce wraps! These delicious wraps are packed with … read more
This month, we began slowly expanding the number of high students joining us who are working in small groups with proper protective gear. The DIG Crew convened virtually at the end of May to decide when to begin … read more
While our students are not able to join us on the farm, and while our staff is working remotely, we are working hard to develop resources and activities that will be educational for students and beneficial for families! … read more
UPDATE on COVID-19 and SEEDS Programs / ACTUALIZACIÓN sobre Coronavirus y SEEDS
Following our previous statement earlier this week, SEEDS will be closed next week, with NO PROGRAMS starting on March 16 … read more
If you are as excited for the start of the spring growing season as we are, please join us at SEEDS on March 21 for our seedling sale!
We love … read more
Chef Eli has been building skills in the kitchen with our elementary students all year long, and last week the students had the chance to create a recipe all on their own! Students followed the directions and successfully … read more
At the heart of SEEDS’ programs is our mission to teach youth of all ages how to grow and cook food. This includes our fruit trees, annual vegetables, delicious herbs, and meat and eggs from our chickens.
The … read more
The board and staff at SEEDS are thrilled to announce the appointment of Cecilia Polanco as SEEDS’ Executive Director.
Originally from El Salvador, she has lived in Durham for the past 27 years, where she attended Durham Public … read more
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