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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Power grab at Seed Savers Exchange -[Fwd: changes at seed saver's exchange]
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:47:09 -0500


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

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

The following are on the current SSE board:

Amy Goldman
Neil Hamilton
Deborah Madison
Rob Johnson (Johnny's Seeds)
Cary Fowler (Global Crop Diversity Trust)

NOTE that SeedSavers took a huge grant from the FDA, aka Monsanto Enforcement
Division. Huge mistake.

NOTE that Amy Goldman was the keynote speaker and celebrity of a conference featured
"biotechnology solutions"
http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/cucurbits/#biotech

NOTE That Kent regretted ever sanctioning a Board of Directors not of members

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [permaculture] changes at seed saver's exchange
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:15:51 -0700
From: Johnathan Yelenick <yelenick@riseup.net>
Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
References: <mailman.279159.1200803801.31452.permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>

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

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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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