Uploaded January 2017 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Explore the unique journey of Alan Kapuler, a polymath who integrates his scientific expertise, artistic expression, and passion for organic seed breeding. This article delves into how his work in these diverse fields contributes to sustainable agricultural practices and modern artistic movements.
A brief summary of his background in science and as an organic seed breeder:
Trained as a molecular biologist, in the 60’s Kapuler became disenchanted with the whole idea of making poisons to control weeds and pests and for their use during the Vietnam war. As a lifelong hippie that began then, he turned toward the growing of food while living in a commune. After-all, he says, someone had to grow the food if they were to eat.
This led to a lifetime of work developing open-pollinated, open source organic seeds ideally suited for an organic farming and gardening regiment. He built a spacious greenhouse—96' x 36'w x 16'h—23 years ago to test what tropic and semi-tropical plants (bananas, citrus, etc.) could be grown in temperate climates. There he also grows a variety of the Andean root plants such as Yacon, Mashua and Oca that were once a healthy staple of the Native American diet. His boundless scientific mind arranges the widely diverse plants into a kinship garden layout, a scientifically accurate way to visually represent their place in the evolutionary tree of life.
Kapuler's Art Gallery: kapulerartgallery.blogspot.com
More Kapuler videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuEHG0JWKGA1DVB4pjVD8vzlMdrV_-bCd
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Explore the unique journey of Alan Kapuler, a polymath who integrates his scientific expertise, artistic expression, and passion for organic seed breeding. This article delves into how his work in these diverse fields contributes to sustainable agricultural practices and modern artistic movements.
A brief summary of his background in science and as an organic seed breeder:
Trained as a molecular biologist, in the 60’s Kapuler became disenchanted with the whole idea of making poisons to control weeds and pests and for their use during the Vietnam war. As a lifelong hippie that began then, he turned toward the growing of food while living in a commune. After-all, he says, someone had to grow the food if they were to eat.
This led to a lifetime of work developing open-pollinated, open source organic seeds ideally suited for an organic farming and gardening regiment. He built a spacious greenhouse—96' x 36'w x 16'h—23 years ago to test what tropic and semi-tropical plants (bananas, citrus, etc.) could be grown in temperate climates. There he also grows a variety of the Andean root plants such as Yacon, Mashua and Oca that were once a healthy staple of the Native American diet. His boundless scientific mind arranges the widely diverse plants into a kinship garden layout, a scientifically accurate way to visually represent their place in the evolutionary tree of life.
Kapuler's Art Gallery: kapulerartgallery.blogspot.com
More Kapuler videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuEHG0JWKGA1DVB4pjVD8vzlMdrV_-bCd
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