Born in the foothills. Grown by a family rooted here.
Rooted in Amador is a small family seed shop in California's gold country.
My partner is an Amador County native, and his family has called these oak-studded hills home for over 30 years. I moved here last year so we could have our baby in the place he grew up. Putting down our own roots in this soil is what inspired the shop.
We started Rooted in Amador because organic seed packets of this size often cost $5 or more. That's a steep barrier for families and home growers who just want to grow real food. We sell every packet for $3.50, the same seed quality without the markup.
We want to help people step away from the pesticides and unnatural, ultra-processed food that dominates the American grocery aisle. The simplest way back is a seed and a patch of dirt.
We aren't individually certified organic, so we can't legally use the word in our product names, but every variety we sell is sourced from a trusted organic supplier and is non-GMO. We pack each packet by hand here in Amador.
A small act of resistance against industrial food.
Most of the food in American grocery stores is grown with synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Many varieties are bred for shelf life and shipping, not flavor or nutrition. Genetically modified crops dominate the corn, soy, and produce supply.
Growing your own from non-GMO, organically sourced seeds is one of the most direct ways to take back control of what your family eats.
Our seeds are open-pollinated heirloom varieties wherever possible, the kind your great-grandparents would have planted. Save the seed at the end of the season, and grow it again next year. That's how gardens used to work, and that's how we think they should still work.
Plant something real. Eat what you grow. Pass the seed on.
Don't see what you're looking for?
Our inventory is small and growing. If there's a variety you want, send us a note. We'll do our best to source it.
We can't promise anything, but we'll try to make it happen.