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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>]

See this URL for a digitized photocopy of Kent's letter:

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1016/1377/217012.pdf

> Johnathan Yelenick wrote:
>
> > I am forwarding this from the Bioregional listserve.
> > This letter is hauntingly germane to recent discourse on this list.
> > Like, "politics has nothing to do with permaculture institutions and
> > activities".  I beg to differ.
> >
> > Anyway, anyone interested in the maintenance of Seed Saver's Exchange
> > should closely be paying attention to this.
> >
> > Warm Regards,
> > Johnathan Yelenick

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> > Many of you may be familiar with the work, buy garden seeds from or even 
> > be members of Seed Saver's Exchange in Decorah Iowa.  You may have heard 
> > Kent Whealy give one of his inspiring talks.  Here is a letter that Kent 
> > sent out after he was fired.  It sounds pretty apalling.  It sounds like 
> > this massive and amazing  seed bank may have fallen into the wrong 
> > hands.....one of the many perils of centralization.    The link to the 
> > letter is below.   Dan'l B

> > http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1016/1377/217012.pdf 
> > <http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1016/1377/217012.pdf>
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I note that the following are on the SSE board:

Amy Goldman
Neil Hamilton
Deborah Madison
Rob Johnson
Cary Fowler

Rob Johnson, Johnny's Seeds? if so I will never do business with them again 
...
Cary Fowler?  in he now in the pocket of agribiz?

Anyone know more about this?

Yes, there are a lot of people who care about Kent, his staff and his work at 
the SSE
(he started SSE 32 year ago!)

Sal will say there is nothing surprising about this...

C'est impossible.

LL