Department of the Interior Invests in Native Seed

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it is investing nearly $18 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to advance its new National Seed Strategy Keystone Initiative. The funding and newly launched National Seed Strategy Keystone Initiative will formalize the Department’s ambitious goals to invest in the infrastructure, tools, research, and labor needed for a robust native seed supply chain, including by expanding Tribal greenhouse facilities, assisting local farmers in transitioning from high-water crops to low-water native plant crops, connecting underserved communities in native seed collection via the Seeds of Success program, and increasing regional seed production capacity.