You probably live near a seed library

US public libraries operate seed libraries. A seed library will loan you seeds, which you plant, harvest, and then save some seed, and finally return that new seed to the seed library, all for free.

Here's the full free article in ALA Libraries magazine. Article title on page 58 is Not Your Garden Variety Library. You will need to type in 58 on the page finder and click OK to get to the right page of that issue of American Libraries magazine. Here's link:

http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/issue/januaryfebruary-2015

A Northern California seed exchange starts up. They are part of the Transition Network. There is also mention of grassroots campaigning against government efforts to penalize seed saving groups, and local lobbying against such potential government regulations:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5056614-181/sebastopols-community-seed-exchang...

A discussion about two types of seed libraries. Scroll down the first page to see the photos of the seed library's "card catalog."

https://www.infodocket.com/2020/07/15/journal-article-an-examination-of-seed-lib...

On the related subject of seed banks, here is a list of dozens of such entities around the world:

https://www.ecowatch.com/seed-biodiversity-2646793187.html?rebelltitem=1#rebellt...