In 2024, 50% of online sales ($2 from every packet) for Hopi Red Dye Amaranth, Hopi Black Dye Sunflower, and Hopi Nicotiana will be donated to Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture. We are excited to support their work around food sovereignty through this indigenous seed benefit sharing partnership. Below is some information about their non-profit from their website. For additional information and ways to support their work, click here.

About Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture

Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture is a community Indigenous-led non-profit based in the village of Kykotsmovi, located in Northern Arizona on the Indigenous Hopi Reservation. Our mission is to create community-based solutions in order to pass knowledge to future generations and rebuild culturally sustainable and healthy communities. We initiate learning projects that engage, train, and inspire Hopi youth and community to revitalize Hopi culture, knowledge, and traditions. We support Hopi community members in developing leadership skills to strengthen local food systems and to implement sustainable ecological projects within the Hopi community. We aim to provide our community with the tools, training and practical experience needed to rebuild a vibrant community based on traditional Hopi values and worldview.

Hopi Red Dye Amaranth

(Amaranthus cruentas x A. powelli)
45 days leaf, 100 days grain

The flower bracts Hopi red dye amaranth (known as komo in Hopi), are used to color Hopi piki bread. Although it is best used as a food dye, you can use it to obtain yellows and oranges on wool with the use of mordants (it's about as light fast as turmeric or onion skins).

The leaves are delicious when young and tender, and the seeds can be popped into a delicious snack. The flowers are also STUNNING in arrangements. We like dehydrate the flowers and then pulverize them to use as a food colorant.

Packet: 200 seeds