Bill McDorman is the founder of Seedsave.org and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance (RMSA), a non-profit seed conservation organization serving the Rocky Mountain West. McDorman is the author of Basic Seed Saving which he wrote in 1994. He and his wife Belle Starr created an innovative week-long training called Seed School which has graduated over 600 students since its inception in 2010. Seed School is now available as a seven-week online training through Urban Farm U.