Description
The Seed Savers’ Handbook is a complete reference for growing, preparing, and conserving 117 traditional varieties of food plants.
Michel and Jude Fanton wrote The Seed Savers’ Handbook from experience and with a great deal of research. It has been a reliable reference book not just on propagating and breeding your own vegetables, but also for how to grow and use both common (corn, tomatoes, beans, cabbages, etc.) and unusual vegetables, such as turmeric, peanuts and several species of gourds.
As of early 2026, there is an eleventh edition and 45,000 copies have been sold with another 50,000 copies of translations and adaptations sold around the world.
“I believe this book to be essential for all caring farmers, gardeners, cooks, and parents, and I trust that it will speed our return to good nutrition and a healthy society” – Bill Mollison
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Originally published in 1993, currently in the 11th edition.
The Seed Savers’ Network
Paperback, 176 pages, illustrations throughout, b&w.
ISBN: 0646102265
