Seed Keepers

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

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Subject: [growingsmallfarms] discussion of seed bank on NPR's Diane Rehm show
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:03:59 -0400
From: Debbie Roos <debbie_roos@ncsu.edu>
To: <growingsmallfarms@lists.ncsu.edu>

The 11:00 am edition of NPR's Diane Rehm Show was about Crop Diversity and
Seed Banks. I missed it but plan on checking it out later on the Internet.
You can listen to it on her website at http://wamu.org/programs/dr/

She has a range of guests with different views so it should be an
interesting discussion.

Here's the agenda from the website:

11:00 Crop Diversity and Seed Banks

The opening of a global seed bank in Norway highlights the vital role seeds
play in the global food chain. Diane and her guests discuss the role of seed
banks, the importance of crop diversity, and the relationship between
corporate and private farmers.

Guests:

Rick Weiss, science reporter for "The Washington Post"

Cary Fowler, executive director, Global Crop Diversity Trust and co-author
of "Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity"

Aaron Whaley, Seed Savers Exchange

Hope Shand, Research Director of the ETC Group, a non-profit research and
advocacy organization with headquarters in Canada. ETC Group is concerned
about the loss of genetic diversity in agriculture and supports farmer-based
conservation and control of seeds. Hope is based in ETC Group's office in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Stephen Smith, Research fellow at Pioneer Hi-Bred

Peter Bretting, a National Program Leader with the USDA/ARS's plant genebank
system