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1606 N 600 Rd, Baldwin City, 66006
785.594.2966

Buffalo Seed Company

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.