Seed guardians · Heirloom varieties · Living heritage
The Seeds
Our grandmothers grew tomatoes whose flavour no longer exists in supermarkets. Each lost seed is a flavour, a memory, a part of the future that disappears. This pillar is dedicated to seed banks, seed guardians, heirloom plant varieties and native animal breeds, and the people who still protect what remains.
What this pillar teaches: seed saving, heirloom and native varieties, genetic biodiversity, and why agricultural memory needs active protection.
Heroes in this pillar
The people behind the seeds.
Coming soonPego MarshesThe Seeds
Paula & Vicent Dominguis
Rice farmers
Coming soonMarina AltaThe Seeds
Vicente Todolí
Citrus biodiversity custodian
Coming soonDéniaThe Fire
Pep Romany
Chef-farmer
Coming soonMarina AltaThe Makers
Felipe Gutiérrez
Natural winemaker
Coming soonDéniaThe Soil
Antonio Hedilla
Regenerative farmer
Coming soonValle de TibiThe Makers
Lili & Julio
Artisan cheesemakers
Coming soonMarina AltaThe Makers
Mara Bañó
Moscatel winemaker
Coming soonMarina Alta villageThe Makers
Elliott Roussel & family
Baker & pastry chef
Related stories
Reportage from the field.
12 April 2026The rice that slept for fifty years
When Paula Dominguis asked the oldest farmers of Pego what happened to the Bombón variety, most of them laughed. Gone, they said. Then one of them remembered a drawer.
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18 May 2026The last chapter happens at the table
Pep Romany insists he is a farmer who cooks, not a chef who farms. The difference, he says, is where the story begins. And his begins in a wheat field.
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