When we think of family heirlooms, most of us will conjure images of antique furniture or treasured decorative items passed down to us from our ancestors, each piece telling fascinating stories of the generations that came before us.
As important as preserving these objects is to our own personal and cultural histories, what about the living heirlooms? All over the world, culture and history is being preserved and evolved via the unassuming process of saving and re-planting seeds.
