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Lawrence
Where would I go to find seeds regional for KY?
Robin Reed
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Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:24
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Subject: [Seed Keepers] Fwd: Re:
[permaculture] Viewing SSE and Seeds ofChange changes
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Subject: Re:
[permaculture] Viewing SSE and Seeds of Change changes
Date: Wed, 1 Dec
2010 11:31:00 -0700
From: Jason Gerhardt <jasongerhardt@gmail.com>
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permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
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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