Kent Whealy

Kent Whealy

Kent Whealy is co-founder, with his ex-wife Diane Whealy, of the Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the seed lines of heirloom plants and to the sharing of such seeds both through sales and through facilitating exchanges among member gardeners. The organization works to maintain genetic diversity in both food crops and ornamental plants.

In 1988 Whealy received a Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. This award is popularly called "the Genius Award".

On October 25, 2007 Kent was fired as SSE's Executive Director. In January 2008 Kent mailed a letter to SSE listed members explaining his side of the firing. More letters have now been mailed to the listed members offering both sides of a very unusual situation.

External links

* [http://www.seedsavers.org Seed Savers Exchange]


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