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SLV Seed Exchange The purpose of this event is to inspire, encourage and enable people to grow more food. Bring seeds to give away and pick up new ones to diversify your garden!

Through the hosting of seed exchange events, regenerative agricultural education, and supporting local food producers, the San Luis Valley Seed Exchange’s mission is to inspire and actualize our community to become more resilient and food sovereign. All of our speakers are steeped with experience and wisdom to share around food production, seed saving and best practices. Seed Swap
Our community s

eed swap table has become a tradition at the event. This is a great way to obtain regionally adapted seeds and get to know your community. Become a Vendor
If you’re a regional business that is relevant to gardeners, consider applying to become a vendor. Space is limited. Speaker Series
Our Speaker Series will translated into Spanish and be recorded and available online to watch anytime a few weeks after the event. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_8caO-mrFcEUnDlKTyjaXvDMY05RiagD

Free Event
The entire event is free to the public! Though we do accept donations which are donated to a local school greenhouse or garden program. This event is fueled by our sponsors and grantors who generously contribute to make the SLV Seed Exchange and Speaker Series possible! Sponsor the Event
Become a Sponsor and help keep this valued community event free. Donations
During the event we take donations which go to a local youth gardening program.
2024 - La Puente’s VEGI program, Alamosa
2023 - Mountain Valley Community Garden, Saguache
2022 - Rio Grande Farm Park Rising Stewards, Alamosa
2021 - Moffat Preschool Greenhouse Program, Moffat

21/04/2026

A huge thank you to everyone for another great Seed Exchange weekend! Organizers, volunteers, sponsors, speakers, vendors and attendees!! We hope everyone had a great time and left with some helpful info on soil building and lots of seeds. See you all next spring, and be sure to keep an eye out for info to come on our fall event, the Seed Saving & Harvest Swap~ The Seed Exchange Team🌱

Day 2 of the Seed Exchange starts at 10am! Biochar demonstration starts at 10:30, followed by talks on Radical Remediati...
19/04/2026

Day 2 of the Seed Exchange starts at 10am! Biochar demonstration starts at 10:30, followed by talks on Radical Remediation and Turning Sand Into Soil. Food, vendors and our huge seed swap from 10-2 🌱

Kicking off the event tomorrow is Chaitanya Massera!Che grew up homesteading between an herb covered orchard and the dus...
17/04/2026

Kicking off the event tomorrow is Chaitanya Massera!

Che grew up homesteading between an herb covered orchard and the dusty mesa where he learned a lot about what plants need to thrive. His experience growing cannabis deepened his relationship to the soil discovering how much the life below the plants impacts their potential for growth and vitality.

Presenting Saturday 4/18 10:30am at Joyful Journey. *This presentation is a demo and will take place outside the event yurt.

The 2026 Seed Exchange speaker series, "Sand Into Soil" welcomes Matt Batchelder!Matt built his first Johnson-Su Bioreac...
16/04/2026

The 2026 Seed Exchange speaker series, "Sand Into Soil" welcomes Matt Batchelder!

Matt built his first Johnson-Su Bioreactor in Spring of 2018 after attending a Dr David Johnson lecture. He has built almost 40 bioreactors since then and continues to build them throughout Texas and New Mexico. Dr David Johnson et al stress the importance of building healthy soil by increasing biodiversity and by propagating natural processes. He is dedicated to working with farmers to promote the building of healthy soils through the practice of the five principles of soil stewardship, especially increasing microbiodiversity.

Presenting Saturday 4/18 11:30am at Joyful Journey Hot Springs. *This presentation is a demo and will take place outside near the event yurt.

We are offering merch this year! We will have gardening notebook sets, seed tins, t-shirts and stickers. Shirts are made...
16/04/2026

We are offering merch this year! We will have gardening notebook sets, seed tins, t-shirts and stickers. Shirts are made with cotton from the Better Cotton Initiative, which promotes sustainable practices in cotton farming. Big thanks to Chris Manfield for designing this year's theme, Sand To Soil.

Come check them out this weekend at Joyful Journey Hot Springs!

The 2026 SLV Seed Exchange speaker series, "Sand Into Soil" welcomes Elena Miller-Ter Kuile! Elena runs Cactus Hill Farm...
15/04/2026

The 2026 SLV Seed Exchange speaker series, "Sand Into Soil" welcomes Elena Miller-Ter Kuile!

Elena runs Cactus Hill Farm, a generational family farm focusing on regenerative ag. They specialize in organic hay, quality wool products and grass-fed lamb. She also runs a tiendita on Main St. in Antonito, offering many local foods from the SLV.

Presenting Saturday 4/18 12:45pm at Joyful Journey Hot Springs

Our 2026 Speaker Series, Sand Into Soil, welcomes David "Diamond" Mauriello!Diamond, who no longer supports the inhuman,...
13/04/2026

Our 2026 Speaker Series, Sand Into Soil, welcomes David "Diamond" Mauriello!

Diamond, who no longer supports the inhuman, oligarchic empire model destroying our planet and our true nature as human beings. As an activist he decided to do something about it, so he opted out of his former life to begin anew. His qualifiers are 11 years of permaculture experience in Pagosa Springs, Colorado and years of teaching at the university level in Geology. He is currently transforming alpine desert wilderness into a self-sustaining homestead and organic farm with his partner in preparation for the upcoming collapse. If you're curious about homesteading, permaculture, or climate change check out his website-https://www.oppenheimerranch.org

Presenting Sunday 4/19 at 12:45pm

The 16th Annual SLV Seed Exchange Speaker Series, "Sand Into Soil", welcomes Katrina Blair! Katrina began studying wild ...
09/04/2026

The 16th Annual SLV Seed Exchange Speaker Series, "Sand Into Soil", welcomes Katrina Blair!

Katrina began studying wild plants in her teens when she camped out alone for a summer with the intention of eating primarily wild foods. She later wrote The Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of the San Juan Mountains for her senior project at Colorado College. In 1997 she completed a MA at John F Kennedy University in Orinda, CA in Holistic Health Education. She founded Turtle Lake Refuge in 1998, a non-profit, whose mission is to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands. She teaches sustainable living practices, permaculture and wild edible and medicinal plant classes locally and internationally. She is the author of a book titled Local Wild Life- Turtle Lake Refuges Recipes for Living Deep published in 2009 that focuses on the uses and recipes of the local wild abundance. Her latest book is "The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival" published in 2014 by Chelsea Green.

Sunday 4/19 11:45am at Joyful Journey Hot Springs

The 16th Annual SLV Seed Exchange Speaker Series, "Sand Into Soil" welcomes Mike Musialowski!Michael “Maciek” Musialowsk...
06/04/2026

The 16th Annual SLV Seed Exchange Speaker Series, "Sand Into Soil" welcomes Mike Musialowski!

Michael “Maciek” Musialowski taught high school science and math for 15 years. He founded Food Forest Movement of Taos which facilitates food forest development through mutual aid. Free workshops attract a wide variety of volunteers and land stewards interested in using permaculture principles to develop and maintain resilient edible polycultures, all while building community and having a whole lotta fun.

Saturday 4/18 at 4pm

03/04/2026

Thank you to Adam Lock Sr. for interviewing us on Valley Views Radio! If you'd like to listen, it will be airing on Sunday 4/5 on the following stations:

KSLV. 96.5 FM. The Fox-Classic Rock. 7:15AM-MT.
KYDN. 95.3 FM. Today's Hit Country. 7:30AM-MT.
KBGV. 1240 AM & 101.3 FM. Fox Sports SLV. 2:30PM-MT (subject to game preemption).

You can also listen via the radio stations live streams, at the times listed above:

KSLV: https://streamdb9web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KSLV
KYDN: https://streamdb9web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KYDN
KBGV: https://streamdb9web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KBGV

And, you can listen via the various station apps, available at the links below (again, at the times listed above):

KSLV App:
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/96-5-the-fox-kslv/id1554531638
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kslv.player
More Info: https://965thefoxfm.com/download-the-96-5-the-fox-app/

KYDN App:
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/95-3-kydn-country-kydn/id1554101538
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kydn.player
More Info: https://kydncountry.com/download-kydn-app/

KBGV App:
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fox-sports-slv-kbgv/id1554140504
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kbgv.player
More Info: https://foxsportsslv.com/download-kbgv-app/

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