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Jennifer Jewell brings listeners on an insightful year-long journey exploring the outsize impact one of nature's smallest manifestations—the simple seed. She examines our skewed notions where "organic" seeds are grown and sourced, reveals how giant multinational agribusiness has refined and patented the genomes of seeds we rely on for staples like corn and soy, and highlights the efforts of activists working to regain legal access to heirloom seeds that were stolen from Indigenous peoples and people of color.

For a millennia, the land that Samantha's farm house sits upon has been cursed. Cypress Hills Farm had once been a thriving homestead that helped create the town that now sits outside its boundaries. Sixteen-year-old Samantha Walsh has had plenty of tragedy in her life, but now the next victim could possibly be her.