Looking to Grow the Same Tomatoes Your Grandmother Did? Try Seed Savers Exchange

The Iowa organization helps gardeners and farmers across the country to preserve share heirloom seeds—and the often generations-old stories behind them

Seeds are displayed for a seed swap held at Seed Savers Exchange’s Heritage Farm headquarters in Decorah, Iowa. Courtesy of Seed Savers Exchange

Let’s say that you want to make your grandmother’s fabulous recipe for tomato bisque, but you don’t want to use just any tomatoes. You want to grow them yourself, just as Grandma did.

But Grandma always said that the tomatoes from her garden in the old country were far better than the ones she grew in America. If only you could grow yours just like the old ones.