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A 17-year-old kid starts a business in his bedroom that grows to nearly $4 million in annual sales. Must be software, right? In fact, Jere Gettle's Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. (rareseeds.com) could ...

The Yokohama squash was first introduced to North America around 1860, but it disappeared from catalogs in the 1880s — until now. Jere Gettle... Jere Gettle's Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. offers ...

DO IS LOOK AT HISTORY BOOK. ON THE FIRST FULL DAY O SFPRING A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THINKING THEY NEEDED TO START A GARDEN THIS YEAR IN THE NEWLY EXPANDED GREENHOUSE AT KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENSN I ...

Jere Gettle's garden seeds company hadn't seen anything like it before. "The biggest day we've had in our 22-year history was Monday, 30 March," says the owner of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in ...

Jeremiath “Jere” Gettle, founder of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, is riding high on the home gardening movement. But the passionate preservationist is the last one to toot his own horn. The way he sees ...

Given his signature bib overalls, his youthful farm-boy looks and an aw-shucks demeanor reminiscent of Jimmy Stewart, Jere Gettle could be just another backyard sodbuster looking to plant his spring ...

SEYMOUR, Mo.– Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, a small company based in Wright County, ran a fundraiser to help Ukraine – a fundraiser that raised over $1 million. Baker Creek opened their first ...