From away to garden.com and Robinhood Radio.com, this is Away to Garden with Margaret

Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

Have you started browsing the incoming seed catalogs yet or clicking around their websites

looking to see if the 2023 lineups have been unveiled?

Today's guest, Lane Selman, is always on the lookout

for exceptional varieties of edibles,

particularly those with an Italian flair.

We'll do some virtual seed shopping with her

in just a moment and learn about some distinctive

edibles and unusual seed sources you may not have tried,

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Lane Salmon and Agricultural Researcher at Oregon State University is founder of the Culinary Reading Network, a collaborative community of plant breeders, seed growers, farmers, produce buyers and chefs aiming together to improve quality

and vegetables and grains by creating, identifying and promoting more desirable cultivars, especially

organic ones. She's got some suggestions for our 2023 gardens and I'm glad to welcome

her back to the program today. Highline, how are you?

Great. Thank you. I'm fine. I'm wonderful today. I see on your Instagram that you're just back from another trip to Italy.

Yes. It's a little embarrassing. Yes, I've been in Italy several times this year. I'm very grateful to have been able to do that. I've been leading a project where we work on radicchio and we're learning from Italian breeders and seed growers and

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