Light & Seed® Magazine

The National Forest Foundation publishes Light & Seed® twice a year. To receive a copy directly in your mailbox, make a donation of at least $25 or more annually.

Winter/Spring 2025

Foraged Feasts

He’s authored a James Beard Award-winning cookbook and created the country’s foremost Indigenous cuisine restaurant, but Sean Sherman is only getting started on...

Winter/Spring 2025

Force of Nature

Whether it’s introducing underrepresented youth to the outdoors or increasing diversity in the environmental workforce, Lesford Duncan has made it his mission t...

Winter/Spring 2024

Finding Nature's Stories

Comedian, activist, and host of the PBS’ hit series America Outdoors, Baratunde Thurston searches for the human heart of wild places.

Photo by Baratunde Thurston.

Winter/Spring 2024

Casting for Collectivity

For the guide, podcaster, and DEI consultant, being a Diné woman in the fly-fishing industry means speaking up and out until she starts seeing more faces like h...

Winter/Spring 2024

Blueprint for Compromise

For decades, mining interests destroyed a crucial salmon-spawning habitat in Alaska’s Chugach National Forest. Now, a unique collaboration between conservation ...

Winter/Spring 2022

Cindy Villaseñor: Choosing a Sustainable Lifestyle for our Planet

Garden educator and sustainability advocate Cindy Villaseñor knows that one person can make a big impact. Whether it’s because of one memorable class with a col...