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    Vegetable Breeding Intensive Short Course
  Are you interested in creating locally adapted plant varieties? Come learn 
how with Fred Hempel organic farmer and plant breeder at Baia Nicchia farm. 
He breeds tomatoes squash, peppers, & mustard. He sells his own & 
Ethiopian vegetable varieties through Artisan Seeds. He has released multiple 
tomato varieties that are sold through partnerships with wholesale producers 
and seed companies. See the course outlinehere. Tell your friends about this 
on facebook here.
 
 Saturday, April 27th 11-5
 Baia Nicchia Farm, Sunol, CA
 register by email at basil@ecologycenter.org
 $50, worktrade & student discounts


 ntroduction to Seed Saving: a Berkeley Earth Days workshop
  Are you interested in growing locally adapted crops, lessening your 
dependence on commercial seed companies, & preserving agro-biological 
diversity? This presentation will discuss the fundamentals of seed saving of 
common vegetable families. Open pollinated seeds will be available for 
participants. This workshop is taught be Patrick O'Connor of the Bay Area 
Seed Interchange Library (BASIL), a project of the Ecology Center. 
Pre-registration ensures a spot. Tell your friends about this on facebook 
here.
    Saturday, April 13th, 11-1
 Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley
 register@ecologycenter.org