Ira Wallace & Mary from Acorn and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

<p>Ira Wallace and Mary of the Acorn Community and <a href= "https://www.southernexposure.com/"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Southern Exposure Seed Exchange</strong></span></a> in Mineral, Virginia, folks. In disclosure, they are sponsors of the show, but that’s not why they’re here. They’re also an intentional community growing not just food, but also seed crops for Southern Exposure and—on top of that—manage the seed business which contracts with over 70+ seed producers. We get into how the community began, shout out to <a href= "https://www.notillgrowers.com/blog/2019/12/2/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast-w-pam-dawling-of-twin-oaks-community-farm"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Twin Oaks who Farmer Jesse interviewed for No-Till Market Garden</strong></span></a>, community life and decision making, and details about their awesome seed company.</p> <p>Also mentioned in the show:<br /> <a href="https://www.thefec.org/"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Federation of Egalitarian Communities</strong></span></a><br /> <a href= "https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/c-t-butler-and-amy-rothstein-on-conflict-and-consensus-a-handbook-on-formal-consensus-decisionm"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>On Conflict & Consensus</strong></span></a></p> <p>This podcast is brought to you by <a href= "https://growingformarket.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Growing for Market Magazine</strong></span></a>, <span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href= "https://www.southernexposure.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Southern Exposure Seed Exchange</a></strong></span>, and <a href="https://www.barn2door.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Barn 2 Door</strong></span></a>. It's also brough to you by growers like you. If you got something from this podcast, or any of our podcasts, you can support our work at <a href= "http://notill