Packaging was a big thing for folk musician Adrienne Young's first two albums--her first disc, 2003's "Plow to the End of the Row," contained a packet of wildflower seeds and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Album Package, while "The Art of Virtue," which was released in 2005, included a pamphlet modeled after Ben Franklin's "Thirteen Virtues." But the Nashville, Tenn.-based singer-songwriter scaled back on her third effort, "Room to Grow," which was released last month. The album includes a round sticker with the statement "Save a seed for us all" in the middle. Young's fans will surely relate this statement to her passion for sustainable agriculture. But in buying the album, her fans themselves have already saved a seed, as it were. Some of the proceeds from the sale of "Room" will go to a special fund established through the American Community Gardening Association that will provide non-genetically modified seeds to community gardens across America. Rather than put money into extras this time, Young said in a phone interview last week, she and her band asked themselves, "What can we do to further the walk that we're trying to walk." Locals might remember Young from her performance at the Haymaker Festival in Spotsylvania two years ago, and she'll return to the region for two shows this weekend: Saturday at Ashland Coffee and Tea, and Sunday at the Iota Club in Arlington. "Room," which Young produced herself, conveys a variety of emotions--love, loss, hope, liberation--and she has said it is her most "self-conscious, honest and challenging" album so far. It's an impressive showcase of her warm Americana sound, which is consistently lauded by critics. "I felt like I just wanted to see if I could finally get what I heard in my head out to the ears of other people and be completely responsible for it," Young said. She said she's fortunate to have worked with so many talented musicians--guests include Nashville musician Will Kimbrough, bluegrass singer Dale Ann Bradley and Phish bassist Mike Gordon--and she said the album "couldn't have been better." "If your mark is yourself and you know that you rose to your highest challenge or you rose to your highest call, you sleep at night, and that's really the only mark that counts," she said. " If you sort of pin too much weight on others' opinions, I think you discredit the most dependable voice that we have, which is our intuition and our gut." That confidence and conviction, along with a tremendous sense of responsibility, are Young's greatest strengths, and they drive her to strive to contribute to the greater good, both through her music and through her advocacy for sustainable agriculture.