permaculture

[Kelly Simmons <kelly@bouldersustainability.org>]

Jason - Very well said.  I loved Seeds of Change and the Silver City/  
Gila Farm back when Rich was down there, and the one up north was  
spectacular too.  Sorry to see the end of an era.  I LOVE Abbo  
Regional Seeds and Rich's fine work up here in Colorado.  We are lucky  
to have him. Hopefully we can all continue to support the local seed  
growers who worked with SOC.

Kelly

On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Jason Gerhardt wrote:

> Seeds of Change has always had problems of one sort or another.  As  
> a former
> grower who frequently bought seeds from them and grew seeds for  
> them, I can
> honestly say that their operation was always on the edge.  SoC has  
> brilliant
> marketing and obvious cash to put into it, but they never quite  
> managed
> fulfillment and their seed growers that well.  The best part of SoC  
> has
> always been its growers network.  Though the front line SoC company  
> may go
> in a different direction (good, bad who can tell) the growers are  
> still out
> there doing their good work.  What is happening in the seed world is a
> re-bioregionalization as I see it, and that is a really good thing.   
> A goal
> should be to get to a place where we don't need front line companies  
> like
> Seeds of Change, but instead can buy seeds that are grown regionally  
> and
> locally with all the benefits of climatic adaptation.
>
> Many SoC growers and breeders have their own seed companies up and  
> running
> in their specific bioregions and on the net.  Whenever possible I  
> buy from
> them first.  Check it out:  Wild Garden Seeds, Oregon; Siskiyou Seeds,
> Southern Oregon; Uprising Seeds, Washington; Abbo-Regional Seeds,  
> Colorado;
> Arid Lands Seed Cache, New Mexico; etc.  The Eastern half of the  
> country has
> its own seed network of which I am less familiar.
>
> The only way to fight against the industrialization and corporate  
> take over
> of our seeds is to grow them ourselves and develop local/regional seed
> growers networks.
>
> The safest place for our seeds is in our own hands and lands!
>
> Jason
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