Worker cooperative Home, garden and hardware
Sow True Seed is an Asheville seed company that became an employee-owned cooperative in January 2022, when its founder, Carol Koury, retired. It sells open-pollinated and heirloom seeds for home gardens, and Charlotte gardeners can order online with free shipping over $50.
At a glance
- Ownership
- Worker cooperative
- Employee-owned since
- 2022
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- Asheville, NC
- Address
- 243 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801
- Region
- Around the region
- Website
- sowtrueseed.com
- Category
- Home, garden and hardware
How it's owned
Owned and governed by the people who work there, one member, one vote.
In the company's own words: “We are a small, dedicated employee-owned cooperative.”
Information verified October 2026 by FYP Charlotte. Know something we got wrong, or a business we missed? Tell us and we'll fix it.