MASA Seed Foundation
Front Range Seed Bank, Nursery & Farm
MASA Seed Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization based in Boulder, Colorado. Our mission is holistic and wide-reaching. We strive to:
Build a bio-regional seed bank
Form a multi-demographic Seed Growers Cooperative
Distribute organic seeds and produce for Hunger Relief
Facilitate educationally-driven Volunteer Programs in agriculture, horticulture and permaculture
Teach & assist local growers with their residential and farm landscapes to grow food sustainably and locally
MASA Seed Foundation focuses directly on growing and adapting Farm and Garden Seeds for local and national distribution. Our Mission/vision entails securing a Front Range Seed Bank of tried and true, rigorously selected heirloom and traditional food plant varieties that are adaptable to climate shifts and front range soils. Securing seeds is foundational work for a deeper sense of regional food sovereignty. Supporting the depth of research entailed in raising seeds will help support MASA's Farm to Food Bank initiative to feed as many people as possible from our 20 acres of seeds and 50 tons of produce from our seed production fields.
Back to Our Roots: Food, Seeds & Community
In less than 100 years, humanity has gone from maintaining heirloom seeds traditionally around the globe to an industrially-controlled food system with GMO seeds as the driving force. Simultaneously, pressing global issues such as climate change, species extinctions and soil degradation compel us to grow new multicultural roots and create elegant solutions that provide for our basic needs: food, seeds & community!
Around five decades ago, a movement began in an attempt to recover seed and food sovereignty and re-establish “public domain” plant breeding. MASA focuses on re-establishing food and seed growing as fertile ground for creating community. Through reconnecting with the earth and our food, we reconnect with each other and our diverse cultural roots. We create wider access to fresh and healthy food and seed for low-income, underprivileged, undernourished and diverse populations. We are in a unique position to honor the efforts of our ancestors, while securing viable agricultural options for the future of our children and generations to come.
