Dr. Mehmet Öztan

I co-founded Two Seeds in a Pod seed company with my wife/partner Dr. Amy Thompson in 2013. What began as my journey to connect with my homeland and to document and preserve the seeds of Turkey a decade ago turned into a seed company that has introduced more than 120 seed varieties to the American seed market.

Amy is a professor of applied linguistics, the Chair of the Department of World Languages, Literatures, Linguistics, and the Director of International Relations and Strategic Planning for Eberly College of Arts & Sciences at West Virginia University. When she has time on summer weekends, she helps me process seeds, and helps with many tasks on the farm from fixing fences to building shelves to packing seeds. She is also involved with everything artistic about our company.