Great Lakes Staple Seeds
Welcome and thank you for stopping by!
March 8th: For too many reasons - including flu and bruised/cracked ribs from a fall on hard snow, I am behind in order fulfillment and updating our inventories. Please know I am working diligently and that though your order is slow in arriving, it will arrive in time for spring planting. I mean no inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience.
Please see our Welcome to the 2025 season page for some important notes.
Our free Digital Resources Collection is always available.
For our international customers, unfortunately there are now countries I can no longer ship to due to phytosanitary certificate or import permit requirements. Before you get your hopes up, please refer to our No Ship Country List.
Great Lakes Staple Seeds prides itself on offering a diverse selection of seeds, each and every one is regionally adapted, savable, all-natural, untreated and grown with love in the Michiana part of our Great Lakes Bioregion. Our focus is producing high-quality seeds of staple crops that meet a wide variety of plant-based nutritional and functional goals using methods that are ecologically responsible and sustainable. We are honored and grateful that you choose to include our seeds in your garden as a part of your healthy lifesty
The Return of Sherck Seeds!
Northern short-season growers rejoice! Great Lakes Staple Seeds has partnered with Indiana staple crop specialist John Sherck, returning after his sabbatical from seed sales, to offer our new Sherck Seeds Collection.
"Seed you" in Oregon!
We are honored to present on our SARE Farmer Rancher Grant "Predictive yields for small-scale staple crop production in North Central States using common homestead equipment and minimal inputs" at Organic Seed Alliance's 2025 Organic Seed Growers Conference.
Rosen Returns!
One hundred years after its mention in the catalog of Jackson's S.M. Isbell & Company, we are excited and proud to offer this centennial Michigan rye.
New to Growing Grains or Cereals?
COVID-19 sure put the kibosh on gathering in person for workshops or presentations. With this in mind and as it is increasingly evident that more people are actively engaged in growing food for themselves and their communities, we welcome you to join the Facebook Group Growing Grains and Cereals on a Small Scale. We aim to harness the experience and knowledge of a diverse membership to create a community that inspires, answers questions, identifies resources, and trouble-shoots issues around a common focus of small scale grain and cereal production.
Hurray for Winter Tomatoes!
Months after harvest our ramallet tomatoes delight us mid-December in Pa amp Tomàquet de Penjar a simple yet exquisite summer sunshine culinary treat, perfect on a blustery eve.
Strengthening varietal resilience to meet the challenges of shifting environmental conditions through the cultivation of robust varieties in healthy soil and the selecting of high quality seed from thriving plants.
Informative Reads
Our NEW! Digital Resources Collection has our favorite resources available for download for inclusion in your self-reliant homestead library.
GLSS & Mother Earth News - the Podcast!
Awhile back we had the honor of a chat with Mother Earth News' Jessica Mitchell about how our love of seeds evolved into Great Lakes Staple Seeds.
The Michigan Connection Seed Collection
Regional varieties at their best! We are very pleased to offer these varieties that have a connection to our home state of Michigan.
Divertiti! Disfrutar! Enjoy!
Wonderful, culturally significant (and delicious!) varieties for your culinary adventures, well-worth their place in your gardens.
Making an Impact
We are proud to offer seeds for 20 of the 50 foods listed with plans to include more in the upcoming seasons.
Food for Thought
A common topic of conversation is our impact on this world we call home. In addition to health benefits on a personal level, expanding our plant-based diet benefits Mother Earth as well...