Uprising Seeds

I used to talk onions a lot with my old teacher John Navazio and I remember him telling me once “you won’t find a better storing onion than Stuttgarter”. Those little passing comments were always mentally filed away and led us on countless hunts over the years to track down old varieties. We’ve been growing this one for almost 15 years now and we still haven’t found one to surpass it for storing.
Just a bit fatter than a cippolini, Stuttgarter is small to medium in size, super uniform, firm, and absolutely the last to sprout in the spring. If you’re looking for an onion that’ll store until your markets start up again in April, it’ll do that and then some.
Just another one of those utilitarian, not-so-sexy varieties that deserves more attention and love. John was a specialist in those.

I hear, for what it’s worth, that Vogue has declared 2026 “The Year of the Cabbage”. A bit random, as I’ve never thought of them as vegetable influencers exactly, but sure, why not? We’re happy to give cabbage the love it deserves. It’s one of the crops we have spent an outsized amount of time on over the years and its not the easiest one to produce high quality seed for. As the industry has almost entirely switched to hybrid breeding for the crop, we think our collection of really well-selected, market-worthy OP varieties is both rare and something to be proud of. I walked through the winter field yesterday flagging the very best of the January King patch and it looks to be a fantastic crop. Known for its cold hardiness It can be harvested most years well into february. This years mild temps have yielded some of the biggest we’ve ever grown, some 12-14” across. It is absent from our catalog this year while we refresh and reselect our stock but looks to be set up for a great 2026 seed harvest. In the meantime we really want to encourage everyone to try Dowinda as we can’t praise this variety enough as a storage variety. Bred by Biodynamic grower Dieter Bauer in Germany, it yields some of the densest, best storing heads you’ll ever see. The last pic is how we store cabbages through the winter (for varieties that won’t survive in the field). I’d say 90% of this Dowinda crop were still market quality in March at passive barn temps, in open air, after 4+ months in storage. We have an excellent supply of fresh, recently reselected seed.

Welcome!
We are so glad you’re here.
Only a short while ago, we realized that 2026 marks the entry into our 20th year as Uprising Seeds, and the shift from our original fresh market produce farm and CSA to an intentional focus on seed stewardship and sharing. (Above are some pictures from our print catalogs through the years.)
What started as a small two-page, three-fold brochure of about 50 varieties (that we pinned up on bulletin boards and strategically left on side tables at conferences) has grown into the current catalog you find here of about 450 varieties. It’s very personal work for us and is the manifestation of our love for our extended community, and our belief that we each have an intrinsic place at this ever-expanding and changing table. 
Each year we write a blog post on our site, trying to condense a years worth of growing seeds, ourselves, and speaking to the events that require presence, listening, and action. We hope you’ll go read it (on our website landing page under “Latest Updates.”)
Ultimately, our motivation to engage in this work has remained consistent over the years. Connectivity, collaboration, sharing, listening, speaking up, justice, and living in relationship.
We recognize that this felt sense of living in community does not mean that it’s easy.
Or that we will all agree.
What it does mean is a commitment to radical honesty, and to us this means doing it even if we’re scared, and not betraying ourselves in the process.
So speak up, will ya?!
Do it in your own ways, and don’t believe anyone who tells you there is one way.
The world doesn’t need or benefit from your shame.
Think about though, who might…
Now, head to the streets, put pen to paper, music to airwaves, get food and care to the people, kindness and compassion to all who we share this life with (and that’s everything so act accordingly). Do it your way, and know you make a difference.
We’ll join you there.