permaculture

[Allan Balliett <aballiett@frontiernet.net>]

Below is the Goldman bio Toby referenced from the Cucurbitaceae conference.

Nowhere does it mention that Amy Goldman is related to the 
Goldman-Sachs of 5th Avenue and is a high dollar woman with a 
substantially different point of view than most of we dirt farmers.

Or, so I have been told.

I was told this when I asked an insider at SSE where the $240,000 
parachute came from for Kent.

The other part of the answer was that SSE some time ago moved away 
from being a 'distributive democracy' and started accruing and 
started competing commercially with small seedsmen around the US.

And then, I must ask this: it is my understanding that Kent will 
still have 'control' of the external SSE exchange network. If that is 
the case, is there any need or reason for us to start a new one?

Take everything I've typed here as a question.

-Allan Balliett
BD Now!
bdnow.org



Amy Goldman
 We are pleased to announce Ms. Amy Goldman will be our keynote 
speaker at Cucurbitaceae 2002. Goldman's new book, "Melons for the 
Passionate Grower", features a hundred heirloom melons, each 
photographed exquisitely by Victor Schrager, and each with a story. 
Also included are directions on how to grow, propagate, and harvest 
them, sources for seeds, and how to become, like Amy Goldman, a seed 
saver and do something.
Goldman has been featured on a number of television programs, 
including Martha Stewart Living, NBC's B. Smith With Style and 
Weekend Today, HGTV's Way to Grow and PBS's The Perennial Gardener.
While Goldman is definitely most at home in her melon patch, she has 
traveled far and wide in her search for exotic varieties to grow and 
maintain in her garden and greenhouse. She makes semi-annual treks to 
rare fruit and vegetable fairs in England, Belgium and France and 
plans her travels around visits to kitchen gardens and potagers at 
home and abroad. She even collects tomato seeds off of dinner plates 
in restaurants and hot peppers in farmer's markets.
Goldman's commitment has extended far beyond her garden. She serves 
on the Board of Trustees of the New York Botanical Garden and the 
Seed Savers Exchange. She is a member of many additional garden and 
professional organizations, including the Horticultural Society of 
New York, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the American 
Horticultural Society, and the Garden Writers Association of America.