Edmund Frost
Edmund Frost grows seeds and does research and breeding work at Twin Oaks Seed Farm in Central Virginia. He leads a cooperative retail seed company called Common Wealth Seed Growers, and has grown seeds on contract for various other seed companies since 2008. Disease resistance breeding in cucumbers, squash and melons has been a central focus of his work. He is passionate about contributing to the organic and regional seed movement. Recently this has taken the form of participation in Seed Worker Organizing, and in their project to envision better contract terms and frameworks for seed growers.
Land, Culture, Farming, and Movements in 2025
To work in agriculture in the current economic and social context can look and feel foolish. The average cost of farmland in the U.S. has doubled since 2009. The cost of housing has increased 47% just since 2020. You’d be lucky to find a small house for half a million dollars in many parts of…