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Title: FW: seed savers conference 27 + 28 October

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> SEED SAVERS' NETWORK FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
> LOCAL SEEDS ... LOCAL HARVEST ... LOCAL FOOD
> 27th and 28th October 2001 Rainforest Resort
> 3 km south of Post Offfice, opposite the Golf Course, Byron Bay Australia
> $20 one day, $30 for two
> Seed Savers 02 6685 6624/ 7560 Rainforest Resort 6685 6139
> CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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> SATURDAY
> SESSION ONE
> 9am Registrations and welcome, arrangements for the weekend - Jude Fanton
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> 9.15am Conference theme - Michel Fanton
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> 9.30am Raylee Delaney, herbalist and botanical painter, on Flower Essences
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> 10am Barry Waters, long time seed saver, on Sowing in Season
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> 10.30am Rebecca Lines Kelly, Environmental Officer in Ag Dept, on What Seeds Need from Soil
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> 11am Morning tea
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> SESSION TWO
> 11.30 Divide into those interested in Local Markets and those who would like to do outside activities. At 12.30 - travel to The Seed Centre - carpools may be necessary
> Group 1: Forum on Local Markets - Michel and Hogan Gleeson, market gardener and organiser of Lismore Organic Farmers' Markets
> Group 2 - travel to The Seed Centre for a tour with Seed Savers' interns, Pat and Marian. Seed Exchange open in Seed Bank from 11.45am to 1.45pm.
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> 12.45 Lunch at Seed Centre 13 Old Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay 2 km south of Post Office
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> SESSION THREE
> 1.45 to 3pm: Choose between four workshops - see below
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> SESSION FOUR
> 3pm to 4.15pm Choose between three workshops & Group 1 from this morning has a tour.
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> WORKSHOPS - AT SEED CENTRE
> Seed collecting and cleaning - intern, Marian, and volunteer, Kate, on front verandah
> Seed banking - seed banker, Esabel, and intern, Pat, in seed bank, recording, storage, germination testing, distribution
> Planning a biodiverse market garden - Michel & Hogan on lower flat area at Seed Centre
> Growing, harvesting and cooking greens - Jude on back verandah
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> 4.15pm Afternoon tea at The Seed Centre
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> 4.30 Finishing session at The Seed Centre - finish at 5pm
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> 8pm Slides of Seed Savers' projects overseas at 8pm at The Rainforest Resort
> DAYLIGHT SAVING AT MIDNIGHT
> SUNDAY
> SESSION ONE
> 9am (old time, i.e., 10am on clocks) Registrations and Welcome
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> 9.30 Amber Tucker and Holly Shiach - Report from former interns who have just returned from seed projects in India and Ecuador
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> 10am Michel Fanton - Seed Savers' Current and Future Projects
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> 10.30am Torsten Wiedemann, ethnobotanical collector and conservationist - Grow your own Medicine
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> 11am Morning tea
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> SESSION TWO
> 11.30 Divide into those who are interested in Local Seed Networks and those who would like to do outside activities
> Group 1: Forum with presentations from local seed networks including Beelarong Community Farm, Morningside, Brisbane - Michel Fanton
> Group 2: Making an Instant Garden at the Rainforest Resort - Jude Fanton
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> 12.45 - Lunch at The Seed Centre
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> SESSION THREE
> 1.45 to 3pm: Choose between four workshops
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> SESSION FOUR
> 3pm to 4.15pm Choose between four workshops
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> WORKSHOPS - AT SEED CENTRE
> Beginners' seed saving- Pat and Jude - front verandah
> Advanced seed saving - Michel - back verandah
> Bamboo - species, maintenance, harvesting and preparation -Julianne Hartmann, Mullumbimby bamboo farmer - meet near large bamboo in front of house - if raining gather in back shed
> Frog Pond Making - Keith and Leanne - in the middle of the road side of block
> Harvesting exotic plants and preparing them - Tippy Heng, chef at Dish Restaurant - yet to confirm
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> 4.15pm Afternoon tea
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> 4.30 Finishing session at The Seed Centre - finish at 5pm
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> MONDAY
> Tour of a suburban intensive food garden in Suffolk Park and a Bamboo Farm south west of Mullumbimby
> Meet at 9.15am at The Seed Centre to go to Suffolk Park by 9.30 where you will be for one hour, then on to Mullumbimby by 11am where you will meet Marian at the Cornucopia Nursery which is next to the Poinciana Cafe. Drive to farm by noon.
> Take a picnic lunch to have at the Farm and plan to leave by 2.30pm.
> 20 species bamboos for sale at very reasonable prices.
> $10 for the day
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> The Seed Savers' Network, Box 975, 
> Byron Bay, NSW 2481, Australia
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> Michel and Jude Fanton
> Founders/ Directors of The Seed Savers Foundation Limited
> A Charitable Institution registered with ATO
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