Bhoomi Devi Seeds is a no-till seed farm operated by Olivia O’Dwyer, Noah Dest and Bhoomi Devi (Mother Nature). We grow seeds for you with 12 years of organic production farm experience behind us. We have had the wonderful opportunity to learn the science and art of enriching soil, growing plants and producing food on 5 different organic farms throughout New England. We were first introduced to saving seed and plant breeding from our mentor, Will Bonsall, founder of the Scatter Seed Project. We continue to grow as seed farmers and breeders by dedicating ourselves to further understanding plant genetics, soil and plant sciences, indigenous land relationships, and all subjects that broaden our perspective and connection to life.
In April of 2023 we moved our farm back home to Maine. We currently operate our farm on leased land at Maine's oldest organic apple orchard, Sewall Orchard in Lincolnville, Maine. Among the bees and blossoms, gurgling springs and blueberry fields, the fertile patch of earth we tend is producing seeds, food and medicine in abundance. Our growing practices abide by the principles of permaculture. We produce the majority of our fertility right here on our farm (or nearby to) in the form of cover crops, compost, leaf and grass mulch, seaweed, wood ash, wood chips, compost teas and more. We practice no till bed management and strive to make our systems as closed loop as possible. We don't use pesticides, not even organic pesticides. We attract beneficial insects as our natural insecticides by planting many species of pollinators and creating the cultural conditions for a variety of predator and generalist insect, bug and arachnid species to keep our ecosystem in balance and minimize pest buildup. We have always worked judiciously with the land encouraging the native growth around us. The animals, insects and plants were living well here before us and we wish to maintain their habitat and respect their right to life. We use low impact farming techniques and maintain wide swaths of wild bramble and forest for shelter and browsing.
A Nursery Web Spider, Pisaurina mira, eating a cabbage worm on our Piracicaba Broccolini. No-till farming practices maintain a balanced ecosystem by preserving habitats for predatory species, like this spider.