New Seed Varieties 2025: Something for Everyone

Seed Savers Exchange marks 50 years in 2025, and there’s a lot to celebrate—including 16 new seed varieties in our special-edition catalog (seven exclusively from the SSE collection).

Recipes

Recipe: Feaster Family Heirloom Mustard Greens

Feaster Family Heirloom Mustard Greens, submitted by Jerome Feaster, seed donor “Cool weather is greens weather, and we like to eat these greens on special occasions,” says Jerome, whose family has stewarded this variety for nearly 100 years on the same farm near Shiloh in rural Marion County, Florida.

Growing Guides

Growing Guide: Mustard Greens

Mustard greens are a cool-season crop that are easy to grow. They tolerate a light frost and can be grown all winter in warmer climates. Exposure to frost makes the leaves sweeter, and warm weather makes the leaves spicier.

A close up of a leafy green lettuce plant with some splashes of bronze color

Varieties

Members Help ADAPT Program Shine

The year 2017 proved a success for Seed Savers Exchange’s new Community Science programs. Myriad SSE members answered the call to participate in one (or both) of the programs—ADAPT and RENEW.

A bowl of greens and bacon pieces on a table with silverware to the left

Stewardship Stories

‘Feaster Family Heirloom’ Mustard

For decades, Jerome has stewarded a mustard green that’s been in his family for over a century. He and his aunt have grown the Feaster Family Heirloom since his mother, Gladys Abraham Feaster, passed away in 1989.