CRESS, stands for Conservation and Regional Exchange by Seed Savers. Since its inception in 1992, this program has been collecting and preserving cultivated food plants, -- germ plasm-- endemic or acclimated to this region. CRESS's main objective is to create and maintain a regional living seed bank. Heirloom seeds and plants from this and other regions are grown out annually, seed saved and replanted periodically in order to maintain each variety