Ernst Conservation Seeds is a family business founded by Calvin Ernst in 1964, still led by the Ernst family from the Meadville farm where it began. Over six decades, it has grown from a five-acre crownvetch venture into a native seed producer serving restoration work across Eastern North America, with more than 11,000 acres in production and nearly 80 full-time employees.
Pine Creek Seed FarmOn the original 1932 T. A. Doebler seed-farm property in Jersey Shore, Pine Creek Seed Farm processes, stores, and distributes seed for suppliers and producers across North America. Great-grandson Chris McCracken now leads the family-owned business, which operates a 50,000-square-foot warehouse and a high-capacity processing plant serving Eastern markets. Pine Creek also manages about 600 acres for seed production and research, bringing its family’s long seed-growing tradition into modern supply-chain work.JERSEY SHORE, PA
Sylva Native Nursery & Seed CoFounded in 1988, Sylva Native Nursery & Seed Co. is a wholesale nursery growing native plants and seed mixes for restoration and landscaping projects across the eastern United States. With growing locations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, it supplies plants raised from regionally sourced seed and continues bringing additional native species into cultivation. Its work serves restorationists, landscape designers, contractors and other buyers seeking plants suited to local habitats.GLEN ROCK, PA
ReGenAg SeedRooted in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, ReGenAg Seed is a Northeast-focused, family-owned seed business supplying regionally tested seed and agronomic solutions for healthier soils and productive farms. Its story reaches back to T.A. Doebler’s 1932 seed business, and today his great-grandson Chris McCracken carries that legacy forward through Pine Creek Seed Farm’s modern operation. ReGenAg Seed pairs conventional and traited options with practical guidance for farmers adopting regenerative practices without giving up profitability.JERSEY SHORE, PA
Environmental Concern IncFounded in 1972, Easton-based Environmental Concern Inc. is a nonprofit wetland restoration organization that designs and builds living shorelines, restores wetlands and grows native plants for Chesapeake Bay projects. Its restoration division has helped restore more than 50 miles of shoreline, while its nursery—identified as the nation’s first wholesale wetland plant nursery—propagates more than 100 native species from locally collected seed. The organization also provides wetland education and professional training from the perspective of practitioners doing the work.APOLLO, PA