Subject: [permaculture] Amy Goldman: Insights into the SSE debate by knowledgeable insiders.
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:17:48 -0500
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.