I would like to explore acquiring and propagating perennial nut and seed-bearing trees here, where A LOT of people live, where the climate and soil is tremendous, and where I happen to be, right now. Anybody have tips for local favorites, or who wants to work on this together?

I would like to learn a lot more about seed saving, sharing, and seriously want to learn which seed-bearing and nut-bearing trees I should focus on planting for long-term sustainability. Guerilla style or otherwise. Anybody want to collaborate in any way on this? The only thing the local nursery seems to have for sale is Filbert trees. When I was a kid we used to take baby pine trees from the edge of the meadow at grandma's house, and plant them around the various places we moved to (we moved a lot - and some of them edward scissor-hands-style sprawling developments). I often think of poaching local food-bearing plants and planting them to help them propagate near where we live...
again,... any tips much appreciated.

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