Mr. Gettle, 32 years old, started Baker Creek HeirloomSeed from his upstairs bedroom in 1998 in the home at the center of the homestead.
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Today, Mr. Brock grows vegetables for seed-saving plots in an effort to help resuscitate heirloom varieties that have fallen out of favor.
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His latest album, Sin, Salvation and Saving Seeds, is a fundraiser for Seed Savers, a Decorah, Iowa, farm that raises heirloom seeds for share and trade.