Salt Spring Seeds
A passionate gardener since he planted his backyard in Montreal at age 13, Dan Jason is committed to empowering people to grow their own food and save their own seed. Since 1976 he has lived on Salt Spring Island, BC, where he created the mail order seed company Salt Spring Seeds, which specializes in heritage and heirloom open-pollinated and non-GMO seed varieties of vegetables and plants.
Salt Spring Seeds Creator
About Dan Jason
Dan was strongly involved in Seeds of Diversity Canada in the early years, and founded the Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada in 2003, which he now heads. Dan has written many books, including his most recent Awesome Ancient Grains and Seeds. Saving Seeds as if Our Lives Depended on it is now in its 7th printing. As an active critic of genetically modified seeds, patents on living organisms and industrial agriculture in general, he is a dedicated educator on sustainable organic gardening and farming, food politics, seed saving, and a farmer of beautiful gardens full of vegetables, grains, medicinal and culinary herbs and flowers. LEARN MOREVisit Salt Spring Seeds
get in touch
250 Toynbee Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2H8
dan@saltspringseeds.com
(250) 537 5269
Southern Vancouver Island market gardens create access, to year-round healthier, and affordable produce. Central Saanich is home to 152 farms, more than 2,679 acres (ALR). Approximately 700 farms in Cowichan valley some of which on (9,400 ha) or 23,000 acres of prime agricultural land. Agriculture Tourism, beverage industry, and alcohol such as wine, beer, cider, mead, and food manufacturing make F&B a major industry on Vancouver Island. jerichocafe.net goal is to broadcast and disseminate information about what we have on southern Vancouver Island.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territories of the Songhees (lək̓ʷəŋən) and many other First Nations on and around Vancouver Island.