In a remote corner of the Annapolis Valley, Ken and Kathy Byrka and their daughter, Mallory, are keeping a century-old family tradition alive.

They operate Revival Seeds. They save and sell heritage seed varieties.

Ken's family on both sides has a long history of saving seeds in western Ukraine, bringing seeds with them when they immigrated to Manitoba in the early 20th century. 

They established a successful seed-saving business in Manitoba by the 1920s, which continued as a local tradition even …