For decades, the few, the scrappy, the last native plants in the San Joaquin Valley held on. They made do in the spots that nobody wanted to plow: Roadsides. Back lots. The watery edges of fields, where a year’s crop could be wiped out in a single deluge. Around them, an agricultural land rush infused with the orthodoxy of “clean farming”—suffer no plant to live that isn’t making you money—transformed grasslands, riparian forests, seasonal lakes, and marshes into cash crops. … Across the country, demand for native seed outpaces supply. But California has special seed problems. It’s a big state, with a dizzying array of elevations, landscapes and microclimates. Some of the biggest hotspots for restoration, like farmland within the San Joaquin Valley, are far away from the wild landscapes where a restoration project could gather a large amount of seed. There are not enough seeds …