Holly Krahe wrote:

> In a message dated 10/04/2000 5:51:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > > There is a foundation that keeps and preserves  'old' seed and varieties
> >  of foods.
> >  >

There are two heirloom seed foundations that I am a member of:

Seed Savers Exchange   http://www.seedsavers.org
   a network of over 900 people who save seeds and offer them to
others; the SSE
also
  sells heirloom seeds from their catalog;  they have a number of
interesting
Russian varieties.
  The latest catalog has over 11,000 unique varieties.
Native Seeds/SEARCH http://www.nativeseeds.org
  specialize in southwest varieties, especially Native American and
Mexican;
they also sell
  sensational chile powders and other interesting stuff

    Lynnet