{"id":4989,"date":"2019-05-19T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:59:54","slug":"curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Seed Savers Exchange member Curzio Caravati, self-described \u201chorticultural researcher,\u201d caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP)\u2014an initiative to augment the work of Seed Savers Exchange, the U.S. Potato Genebank, and others to safeguard the genetic diversity of the potato, one of the most important crops in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[300,31,76,87,302],"class_list":["post-4989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stewardship-stories","tag-exchange-lister","tag-potato","tag-seed-stewards","tag-stewardship","tag-true-potato-seed"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCurzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019 - SeedSavers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet SSE member and Exchange lister Curzio Caravati, caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019 - SeedSavers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet SSE member and Exchange lister Curzio Caravati, caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SeedSavers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-19T16:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T21:59:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hailey Abbey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hailey Abbey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hailey Abbey\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d27214a0012cf857e816e255cc7012aa\"},\"headline\":\"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-19T16:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T21:59:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\"},\"wordCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"exchange lister\",\"Potato\",\"seed stewards\",\"Stewardship\",\"true potato seed\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Stewardship Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\",\"name\":\"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019 - SeedSavers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-19T16:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T21:59:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"Meet SSE member and Exchange lister Curzio Caravati, caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP).\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg\",\"width\":2500,\"height\":1667,\"caption\":\"Curzio Caravati keeps detailed data on all his potato variety grow-outs.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/\",\"name\":\"SeedSaversExchange\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Seed Savers Exchange\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg\",\"width\":2122,\"height\":561,\"caption\":\"Seed Savers Exchange\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seed_savers_exchange\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/sseheritagefarm\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/seedsavers\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d27214a0012cf857e816e255cc7012aa\",\"name\":\"Hailey Abbey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4efad5ab413343d97b3a9a7275240bef9155893f7fcb682898cba96727557d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4efad5ab413343d97b3a9a7275240bef9155893f7fcb682898cba96727557d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hailey Abbey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/author\/hailey-abbey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019 - SeedSavers","description":"Meet SSE member and Exchange lister Curzio Caravati, caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP).","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019 - SeedSavers","og_description":"Meet SSE member and Exchange lister Curzio Caravati, caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP).","og_url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/","og_site_name":"SeedSavers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/","article_published_time":"2019-05-19T16:57:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-04T21:59:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2500,"height":1667,"url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hailey Abbey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hailey Abbey","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/"},"author":{"name":"Hailey Abbey","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d27214a0012cf857e816e255cc7012aa"},"headline":"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019","datePublished":"2019-05-19T16:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T21:59:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/"},"wordCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg","keywords":["exchange lister","Potato","seed stewards","Stewardship","true potato seed"],"articleSection":["Stewardship Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/","url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/","name":"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019 - SeedSavers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-19T16:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T21:59:54+00:00","description":"Meet SSE member and Exchange lister Curzio Caravati, caretaker of rare potato varieties, and founder of the Kenosha Potato Project (KPP).","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/curzio_twenty_six.jpg","width":2500,"height":1667,"caption":"Curzio Caravati keeps detailed data on all his potato variety grow-outs."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/curzio-caravati-sses-own-johnny-potato-seed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Curzio Caravati, SSE\u2019s own \u2018Johnny Potato Seed\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/","name":"SeedSaversExchange","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization","name":"Seed Savers Exchange","url":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg","width":2122,"height":561,"caption":"Seed Savers Exchange"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seed_savers_exchange\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/sseheritagefarm","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/seedsavers\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d27214a0012cf857e816e255cc7012aa","name":"Hailey Abbey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4efad5ab413343d97b3a9a7275240bef9155893f7fcb682898cba96727557d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4efad5ab413343d97b3a9a7275240bef9155893f7fcb682898cba96727557d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hailey Abbey"},"url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/author\/hailey-abbey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4989\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}