Over the course of a year, we traveled across Brazil by land, water, and air to better understand food cultures in the forests and how food sovereignty manifested in each biome. This field research was fruitful thanks to the hospitality and openness of individuals who were willing to share their seeds and knowledge with us: Seed guardians - individuals committed to planting and protecting ancestral heirloom seed genetics. We understood that their samples were rare and unique, many of them cultivated through family farming for generations, thus carrying not only genetic but also cultural importance for Brazil. Oral traditions transcend academic boundaries and, in a simple manner, interweave various knowledge acquired over generations through practice and observation.

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We encountered transformative seeds and stories: From indigenous lands in the northwest of Acre to urban gardens in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. We decided not only to document the richness that each seed carries but also to narrate their stories in continuity with the pre-colonial legacy of the word folklore, where the etymological meaning of the term 'lore' embodies ancestral wisdom.