I've been hinting at these two projects for a little while now. It's hard not to share what one is putting a lot of passion into! So I am very glad to be writing this post.

Seeds of Abundance

Seeds of Abundance was born this summer of 2018, but the fire that fueled our idea had been stoked last year and earlier this spring. Our passion for homesteading, permaculture, food, flowers, medicine, wildcrafting and mother nature are disseminated into this seed sharing project.

We (the couple behind @sagescrub) are amateur gardeners and seed savers, yet we found a passion for working with the seeds, curating them and collecting them. More importantly we realized that sharing seeds can be a medium of exchange for knowledge, ideas, curiosity, culture and more.

When we decided to start a seed sharing project, we also realized that we want to exchange seed for SBD exclusively because we believe in and appreciate the steemit community and because we believe this action brings us more community resilience.

We welcome you to browse our seed catalog and learn more about our project here: https://homesteaderscoop.com/store/seeds-of-abundance/

Homesteaders Co-op

Homesteaders Co-op is a new online marketplace where steemit homesteaders can offer their products (to anyone) in exchange for SBD tokens.

The idea was born out of Seeds of Abundance. I began working on a website for Seeds of Abundance 3 months ago and the first priority was being able to accept SBD tokens in the shopping cart. After being able to accept SBD payments we realized we needed to share this with other homesteaders. Thus Homesteaders Co-op was born.

The idea evolved into a full fledged marketplace where Homesteaders can accept SBD for their handmade, sustainable, homegrown and ethically sourced products.

We want anyone in the general steemit community to be able to support Homesteaders. Homesteaders are often going far out of their way to live a more sustainable lifestyle, eat a more sustainable diet and offer more sustainable products. Its not easy to make a living homesteading and its not easy to make choices when faced with deciding between our ethics or money. Thus we feel it is important to highlight and reward homesteaders for their quality work.

Homesteaders Co-op has already evolved a lot since day one and I hope to see much more evolution and growth as we learn from your feedback and our community's participation. We want to help empower Homesteaders to have more resilience and a new venue for sharing the products of their hard work and passions.

Today I am very proud to announce that our doors are open for business: https://homesteaderscoop.com/

Further, you can follow @homesteaderscoop where we will be highlighting our homesteaders and their quality products as well as other announcements regarding the Homesteaders Co-op. @homesteaderscoop will also be dedicated to voting on our vendors content to further help support their efforts.

I will be sharing more thoughts regarding both Seeds of Abundance and Homesteaders Co-op in the near future!