San Diego Seed Company News
Now Growing Beyond Southern California
Our seeds are now available at more retail locations across California, including Solvang, Canoga Park, and Ventura.
Brijette Peña, San Diego Seed Company
Local Seed Exponent, Entrepreneur, Educator
It all starts with a seed. And while most gardeners are awaare of this trusim, shoveling plants into a container or into the ground is the quick and easy route taken by many of us.
Starting from Seed
Brijette Peña of San Diego Seed Company’s mission is to support a million urban farmers one seed at a time.
Is It a Melon or a Cucumber? It’s a Cucumber Melon, and It’s Delicious
These heirloom cucumber varieties, some of which date to ancient Egypt, ‘are never bitter, and always easy on the digestion.’
Spotlighting Drought-Tolerant Seeds & Improvised Urban Growing Spaces
San Diego Seed Company owner Brijette Peña tells Hobby Farms about her fascination with the prolific potential of seeds and her customers' gardening creativity.
The Organic Seed Alliance Welcomes Brijette Peña
Brijette Peña is the owner and founder of the San Diego Seed Company. Her experience in the seed industry and her connection to the farming and gardening community in Southern California brings a tremendous asset to our Board of Directors and the organization as a whole...
Local company produces homegrown seeds
Tucked away in a hillside community — an extension of City Heights perched over the 94 freeway — is one of San Diego’s more unusual businesses: a seed company. On a sprawling acre, replete with a couple of large metal storage sheds, a garage filled with seed processing machinery and...
A passion for seeds and growing food
Brijette Peña was taking a class on seeds at San Diego City College a few years ago when she got the idea to start her San Diego Seed Company, which produces seeds adapted for local and regional Southern California climates. She saw a need to serve urban farmers and small-scale growers, and each...
The Story of Seeds: From Breeding to Eating
Nan Sterman, host of a Growing Passion, a long-running TV show on KPBS in San Diego, spoke with Brijette for her Season Five, Episode Three show on seeds. The segment with Brijette starts at 21:30.