The Buffalo Seed Company supplies growers with bioregionally adapting seeds to increase the resiliency and sustainability of our local food systems. We offer the following Kansas natives:
No stratification needed:
Dalea purpurea, purple prairie clover
Monarda citrodora Cerv. Ex Lag., lemon beebalm
Monarda fistulosa L., wild bergamot
30 day cold stratification:
Asclepias syriaca, common milkweed
Coreopsis lanceolata, lanceleaf coreopsis
Glandularia canadensis, rose verbena
Helianthus annuus, wild sunflower
Helianthus salicifolius, willow-leaf sunflower
Penstemon digitalis, foxglove beardtongue
Ratibida pinnata (vent.) barnhart, grayhead prairie coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta, black-eyed Susan
60 day cold stratification:
Chasmanthium latifolium, river oats
Eryngium leavenworthii, Leavenworth eryngo
Liatris pycnostachya, prairie blazing star
Dr. Matthew & Nancy Kost launched the Buffalo Seed Company in October 2018. Nancy is from the Altiplano of Bolivia and grew up growing quinoa, potato, and llamas in a resilient system that predates the Inca Empire. She has since acquired a bachelor’s degree in agronomy from Earth University in Costa Rica, and a Master of Science Degree in tomato breeding from The Ohio State University. Matthew is originally from Kansas City and has returned after obtaining a Bachelor’s in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Agroecology from The Ohio State University. Matthew has also worked in conserving amaranth and quinoa landrace diversity in Peru and arid-adapted crops in the Greater Southwest. Matthew and Nancy have deep knowledge and wisdom of seeds, seed systems, evolution, ecology, and adaptation.