2025 Gardening Challenge!

World wide heirloom seed trials 2025

Register to participate in Mississippi Foundation for Renewable Energy's 2025 Gardening Challenge!

We are seeking gardeners of all skill levels to participate in our annual Gardening Challenge. We provide the seeds, & you grow them.

How It Works

Fill out the registration form below & agree to the terms.
Join our Facebook group for updates on the program & to connect with other participants.
Every year we choose one variety of vegetable for participants to grow & provide feedback about their experience.
This year is Armenian Cucumber.
We provide seeds to participants free of charge, & ask that you post pictures, videos, & comments throughout the growing process.
This is a world wide community effort to run trials on one crop in different climates, soils, & geographic locations.

Already Registered? Visit the participant page.

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2025 Gardening Challenge Seed Trials

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We are proud sponsors of the seed library program.

We donate tens of thousands of seeds to seed libraries nation wide every year.

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All proceeds are utilized in our effort to promote the use of renewable energy & sustainable lifestyles.

This site is maintained off-grid using solar & wind power.

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Our Mission

"Mississippi Foundation for Renewable Energy's mission is to promote sustainable lifestyles. We accomplish this by providing informative assistance in the form of consultation, as well as providing a unique product line geared toward homesteaders & "big city" dwellers alike. We are world leaders in off-grid renewable energy & alternative communications system design. We support the preservation of natural, non-GMO, open pollinated plant life, & donate tens of thousands of seeds each year to seed library programs across the USA. All proceeds from our website https://www.backwoodsenergy.org are utilized in our effort to fulfil our mission of promoting sustainable lifestyles worldwide." 

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