Cultivating five years of Free the Seeds!

A Free the Seeds! volunteer scoops rainbow chard seeds into envelopes for visitors at the fifth annual Free the Seeds! event at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Dakota Tombarge, of Kalispell, scoops black-eyed Susan seeds into an envelope held by Free the Seeds! volunteer Lynn Marie Auburn at the fifth annual Free the Seeds! event at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Free the Seeds! volunteer

Cooper Vanbemmel, right, and Joseph Trogden, of Kalispell, scoop some rainbow chard seeds into an envelope at the fifth annual Free the Seeds! event at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Visitors check out a variety of agriculturally-related booths at the fifth annual Free the Seeds! event at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Attendees collect seeds at the seed swap at the 5th annual Free the Seeds! event at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Marigold seeds wait to be scooped by attendees at the 5th annual Free the Seeds! at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Visitors check out informational booths at the 5th annual Free the Seeds! at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A young attendee collects seed packets in his hat at the 5th annual Free the Seeds! at Flathead Valley Community College on Saturday. The fair features a seed swap, 40 booths, 24 skill-building workshops, four panel discussions and kids’ activities. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)