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\"\"<\/a>Getting ready to play in the dirt this\u00a0<\/span>spring? <\/span>The Plant Good Seed Company\u00a0<\/strong>(plantgoodseed.com<\/a>) offers a large\u00a0<\/span>assortment of certified organic vegetable,\u00a0<\/span>flower, and herb seeds, including\u00a0<\/span>improved rare and heirloom varieties.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cConnecting plants and people,\u00a0<\/span>that\u2019s really what it\u2019s about for me,\u201d says\u00a0<\/span>co-founder and owner Quin Shakra<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>whose business offers hundreds of unique\u00a0<\/span>seeds sourced from farmland they steward\u00a0<\/span>in Ojai.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we\u2019re making some really\u00a0<\/span>unique agricultural contributions to this\u00a0<\/span>region,\u201d says Shakra, who started the\u00a0<\/span>business as an organic farm in 2011 but\u00a0<\/span>soon realized that there wasn\u2019t a garden-based,\u00a0<\/span>small-scale organic seed company\u00a0<\/span>in the area. \u201cIt turned out that we had\u00a0<\/span>stumbled upon a niche that nobody else\u00a0<\/span>was covering here,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The seeds can be purchased seasonally\u00a0<\/span>at Ojai Certified Farmers\u2019 Market<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>many retail stores throughout the 805\u00a0<\/span>area as well as from the company\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>website, which also provides free,\u00a0<\/span>charmingly illustrated seasonal planting\u00a0<\/span>calendars designed to aid customers\u2019\u00a0<\/span>planting and planning decisions for every\u00a0<\/span>crop in the catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"805<\/a>Click here to read this story as it appeared in 805 Living<\/em><\/a>\u00a0magazine 805 Living Pulse April 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

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