Today, prepping care packages for ASN Seed Increase Initiative volunteers to raise seed on in 2025. These, our four best Quinoa selections from the 2023 harvest, reflect decades of local selection/adaptation work by the PNW's foremost, independent, public-domain Quinoa stewards.
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Visual reading of the saved image — not recovered original X ALT. Quinoa seed packets labelled Cherry Vanilla, Rogue Red, and Biobio. These labels give 2023 as the date and ‘Nick in Cottage Grove, OR’ as the grower note. Another visible packet reads ‘Quinoa Diversity’ [handwriting uncertain] and ‘Wild Garden Seed’. The Biobio packet additionally reads ‘from most high yielding Biobio plant’. Germination-rate fields are blank. Printed packet text includes Agrarian Sharing Network Seed Increase Initiative and #asnseed2022. Uncertainty / limits: The handwriting on the Diversity packet is uncertain; partly covered packets are not transcribed.
Open original documentSome of the Quinoa diversity in the garden, just now - mostly, locally-adapted cultivars and breeder mixes, with diverse genetics to screen. Because quinoa is self-pollinating, selection is a straightforward and intuitive process, and thousands of varieties are possible.
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Portraits of nine varieties of quinoa in flower in the garden. All photos taken within 120 seconds, no adjusting camera for light.