Monthly Archives: June 2011

Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference Invitation for Input and Proposals

 January 19 – 21, 2012Port Townsend, Washington Organic Seed Alliance invites you to help shape the Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference by providing suggestions for content and speakers and submitting proposals for presentations, posters, pa… Continue reading

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Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference Invitation for Input and Proposals

 January 19 – 21, 2012Port Townsend, Washington Organic Seed Alliance invites you to help shape the Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference by providing suggestions for content and speakers and submitting proposals for presentations, posters, panels and roundtable discussions. This is … Continue reading

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The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 3

The diversity of the first generation of Two Mary Corn. Years ago, when I first started teaching plant propagation for UCLA Extension, I bought a book called, Breed Your Own Vegetables by Carol Deppe. It proved a bit daunting and I put it down. I did… Continue reading

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The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 3

The diversity of the first generation of Two Mary Corn. Years ago, when I first started teaching plant propagation for UCLA Extension, I bought a book called, Breed Your Own Vegetables by Carol Deppe. It proved a bit daunting and … Continue reading

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The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 2

Corn is one of the most hybridized plants in our world today, but most of the hybrids developed in the past 50 years have nothing I want in my garden.  This ancient race of corn, at present not precisely identified, from the Native Seed/SEARCH col… Continue reading

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The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 2

Corn is one of the most hybridized plants in our world today, but most of the hybrids developed in the past 50 years have nothing I want in my garden.  This ancient race of corn, at present not precisely identified, … Continue reading

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The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 1

For all of the history of agricultural civilization, the farmers and gardeners saved their seeds to have something to plant next year.  As soon as humankind began to depend on crops grown in tended fields, saving seeds was as much a part of the pr… Continue reading

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The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 1

For all of the history of agricultural civilization, the farmers and gardeners saved their seeds to have something to plant next year.  As soon as humankind began to depend on crops grown in tended fields, saving seeds was as much … Continue reading

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The Seed Industry

From this morning’s brainstorming session, reasons why we dislike Genetically Modified Organisms, especially Monsanto.  It was at my insistence that ‘Evil’ was added to the list; no other word describes my perception of companies that strive to be… Continue reading

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The Seed Industry

From this morning’s brainstorming session, reasons why we dislike Genetically Modified Organisms, especially Monsanto.  It was at my insistence that ‘Evil’ was added to the list; no other word describes my perception of companies that strive to be in control … Continue reading

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