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A look at Pennsylvania Ag Seed Saving Library Protocols 10 y
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Seed Saving Library Protocols have a well meaning intent. That is my conclusion after speaking to Johnny Zook, Seed Program Supervisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Ag. Events at the Joseph T Simpson Public Library between Earth Day 2014 and now, and its Seed Library, I hope will continue to inspire a national conversation, not only about Seed Saving, but GMOs. The internet outcry when it appeared that the Simpson Seed Library was being asked to shut down, or being addressed as a potential site of Agri-Terrorist activity, affected me deeply. My earlier stories this week reflect my pain. Deep issues need to be addressed now as the "grow your own food" impulse awakens. My intent is to see the US again become a nation of gardeners and for Federal as well as State Seed Laws to be wide enough to "Open Pollinate" and support the needs and goals of the emerging Seed Library and Seed Bank movement. --Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener, Plant Your Dream Blog, August 8, 2014
UPDATE MONDAY AUGUST 11, 2014
I had some serious typos in this that I just corrected. I had a second conversation with Johnny Zook today. I will write about that in this Plant Your Dream Blog. http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2195490
9:06 am
August 8, 2014
This is the photo that appears in The Sentinel News Article by Naomi Cleason of July 31, 2014 submitted of the Joseph T. Simpson Seed Library.
INTENTION
I have spent the week writing about the Joseph T. Simpson Seed Library in Mechanicsburg, PA. This is a story that I wrote today ... read more An Outstanding Seed Library History by St Frequency 10 y
An Outstanding Seed Library History by St Frequency
An Outstanding Seed Library History by St Frequency
http://realitysandwich.com/137428/sowing_revolution/
The seed revolution began one sunny afternoon on a neatly
mowed lawn at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. For an historic moment, it wasn’t
much to gawk at: a circle of about a dozen seedsmen and seedswomen sitting
cross-legged in the grass, laying out the blueprint for an agricultural
uprising.
The gathering took place in the midst of the National
Heirloom Exposition, a three-day trade show for heirloom foods held last
September in Santa Rosa, Califor ... read more Updating Parking Permits 10 y
Updating Parking Permits
Updating Parking Permits
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Mail completed application(s)/forms to:
The City of San Diego
Residential Permit Parking Program
P.O. Box 129044
San Diego California 92112-9044
In person:
Plaza Hall - 202 C Street
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information call: (619) 744-1710
THIS NEEDS TO BE PRINTED--
APPLICATION
read more Joseph T Simpson Seed Library Info on their website 10 y
Joseph T Simpson Seed Library Info on their website
This page is informative and well done. Because of the recent viral stories about your Seed Library I was introduced to the idea of a Seed Library. I am a teacher at The National Heirloom Exposition. I am familiar with the Petaluma Seed Bank but did not know about Seed Libraries in Public Libraries. I will be ordering your umbrella, tote bag, and note cards and be sending you Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company seeds. I want to join your library as a friend. Keep up the good work. Here is a story I wrote http://curezone.us/blogs/fm.asp?i=2181365
FYI Lisa O'Leary Jere Gettle Emilee Gettle Paul Wallace
A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF CORRESPONDENCE AND PRESS ON THE JOSEPH T. SIMPSON LIBRARY SITE REGARDING THEIR SEED LIBRARY
http://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/?q=SIM_SeedLibrary
STORIES THAT APPEARED IN THE LOCAL SENTINEL NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE SEED LIBRARY AT THE JOSEPH T. SIMPSON LIBRARY
I spoke to Naomi Cleason, City Editor of The Sentinel for the first time on wed, Aug 6, 2014. The Sentinal is located in a borough in Carlisle, ten miles,
10 miles from the library that is located in Mechanicsburg, PA., another Borough in Cumberland County.
PA. DE ... read more I need this! Uncle Sam Stuff! 10 y
I need this!
GREAT POSTER
http://curezone.com/upload/Blogs/Your_Enchanted_Gardener/Uncle_Sam_No_fear_sm_Dennis_Nyhagen_2004.jpg
After giving up on figuring it out I have (finally) been informed by Dennis Nyhagen that he designed and authored the original graphic and slogans for The Stephanie Miller Show way back 1n 2004. All I basically did was make it more legible, slightly change the wording and get it big enough to print out after several people on Salon.com expressed interest in having a copy of the tiny version they posted.
So you can start calling it Dennis Nyhagen’s poster a ... read more Enchanted Garden Seed Library to open soon 10 y
Enchanted Garden Seed Library to open soon
Enchanted Garden Seed Library to open soon
5:24 am
august 7, 2014
keep the junk fridge and decorate ?
visit the page thank you to the Penn Dept of Ag! 10 y
thank you to the Penn Dept of Ag!
thank you to the Penn Dept of Ag!
more soon!
5:05 am
aug 7, 2014
right to know in PA
visit the page Public Libraries With Seed Libraries???? Are they dangerous? 10 y
Public Libraries With Seed Libraries???? Are they dangerous?
QUESTION?
ARE PUBLIC LIBRARIES WITH SEED LIBRARIES A cell OF potential Agri-Terrorism or not?
4:42 am
August 7, 2014
More soon! visit the page Joseph T Simpson Public Library Tote Back & Umbrella 10 y
Joseph T Simpson Tote Back and Umbrella for sale,
Joseph T Simpson Tote Back and Umbrella for sale
http://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/?q=SIM_Shopping
3:43 am
August 7, 2014
Simpson Umbrella
Keep yourself (and your library items!) dry with the Simpson Umbrella. This umbrella features the Simpson logo as well as a ”peek-a-boo” window so you can stay dry AND see where you’re going! At a cost of $10.00 per umbrella, this is the perfect way to show off your support for Simpson Library while protecting yourself from the elements!
DONATE TO THE LIBRARY
http://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/?q=S ... read more Will you fill the shoes of Dr. Wiley? 10 y
Will you fill the shoes of Dr. Wiley?
http://curezone.com/upload/Blogs/Your_Enchanted_Gardener/us_postage_stamps_harvey_w_wiley_Label_GMO_Foods_Leslie_Goldman.jpg
rreissue stamp?
WILL YOU FILL THE SHOES OF DR. WILEY?
WILL YOU STAND UP FOR PURE FOOD?
This Cartoon from March 1912 was created after Dr. Harvey W. Wiley MD left service at the Bureau of Chemistry. The Bureau became the Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Wiley is called its father. Uncle Sam is watching asking who will fill the shoes of Dr. Wiley, a Pure Food advocate. The Bear, I believe is a reference to Teddy R ... read more Thomas Jefferson's quotes on gardening and seed saving 10 y
Thomas Jefferson's quotes on gardening and seed saving
Thomas Jefferson’s quotes on gardening and seed saving
http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/heritage-harvest-festival-monticello
6:27 pm
August 5, 2014
To quote the man, “The greatest service which can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.”
http://chippewa.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/greenspace-thomas-jefferson-master-gardener/article_1ed887aa-2d2e-11e3-a7c6-0019bb2963f4.html
1811 August 20. (Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale). ”I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position & calling, it should have been ... read more Support Seed Library and GMO Education President Obama 10 y
Support Seed Library and GMO Education President Obama
Events at the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Mechanicsburg, PA and concerns from their State Department of Agriculture about how their Seed Library was running have opened the need for a national conversation about Seed Saving and related issues of GMO education. Issues of liability from Patent Seed Infringement, the inherent Birthright of Gardeners to Save Seeds and return seeds to Seed Libraries, as well as the safety of heirloom seeds from GMO contamination are all up to be addressed.
To President Obama,
Stand Up for Seed Libraries, Seed Banks, and an open national conversation about GMOs and Saving Seeds.
AN OPEN LETTER I WILL SEND TO PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THIS BEGAN WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE A PETITION I WOULD LIKE TO CARRY TO THE NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPO, SEPTEMBER 9,10,11, 2014
THIS began with the idea that I would write a petition that I would carry to the National Heirloom Expo, September 9,10,11. The feedback I am getting is that it is very wordy and would not add up to much. I sent it to Jere Gettle, founder of Baker Creek and it said it was great. He always sends nice thoughts. I ran it by the only two Seed Library leaders I know so far. Both thought it needed ... read more Stories on the internet about the Simpson Seed Library 10 y
Stories on the internet about the Simpson Seed Library
Reactions to the Halting of the Seed Library in Pennsylvania
SEED LIBRARY DAILY
http://paper.li/seedlibraries/1393671790 Good place. I want to get some of my stories here on the Simpson Seed Library.
August 12, 2014
HEATHER SMITH STORY
http://grist.org/author/heather-smith/
August 8, 2014
NOT THAT MANY ARE PICKING UP ON THIS STORY
Published August 5 in the Carlisle Sentinel.
PA. DEPARTMENT BACKS SEED LIBRARY PROTOCOL AS REACTION GROWS
ANSWER THIs
http://commondreams.org/news/2014/08/04/agri-terrorism-towns-seed-library-shut-down
htt ... read more Pennsylvania's Seed Library inspires a National Conversation 10 y
I just spoke to Naomi Creason, City Editor of The Sentinel, a newspaper that covers events in Mechanicsburg, PA. I am changing the title of this Plant Your Dream Blog. Originally called, "Pennsylvania Seed Library in Mechanicsburg Halted" to "Pennsylvania's Seed Library inspires a National Conversation about Seed Saving and GMOs."
Toward this end, I am inspired by events at the Thomas P. Simpson Public Library where their Seed Library, that intended to give out and receive back the harvest of seeds from gardeners has been halted from receiving back this seeds. The Seed Library will remain open, with new protocols that do give it permission from the Pennsylvania Department of Ag
to have a Seed Library, just not receive back seeds.
The new article Naomi Cleason wrote on August 5 is called, "Pa. department backs seed library protocol as reaction grows."
I want to do some fine tuning of this….This was written Aug. 9.
Leslie
AUGUST 9, 2014
1:17 pm
It appears I am not the only one who just recently found out about Seed Libraries in recent weeks.
Nan Ondra writes on her Blog, A Garden in a Library.
I’m sure that some of you, at least, must already be familiar with the concept of a seed library, but I have to admit that until last week, I’d never known such a thing existed. And now, I wonder how it is that we don’t all know about this brilliant idea: essentially, making seeds available through public libraries, so patro ... read more Reflections on the assault on seed saving 10 y
Reflections on the assault on seed saving
I have a vision that one day all banks will be seed banks. This will come after Uncle Sam marries Anti (Auntie) GMO. This marriage will come through your help. Many more gardeners are needed to fulfill the original vision of the founding gardener presidents of the U.S.
The model for this dream of banks as seed banks was inspired by visiting the Petaluma Seed Bank that is located in a historic bank building. The Petaluma Seed Bank is the Ca headquarters for the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company. It is from here that Paul Wallace and staff organize the upcoming National Heirloom Expo, Sept 9-10-11, 2014.
The sobering reality is that Uncle Sam, the personification of the U.S., is currently supporting popularizing GMO Seeds. Biotech is on the wrong side of the farm bed. This is a shortsighted vision, and has little to do with empowering the individual or the health of any nation.
I am doing research today on Seed Libraries inspired by Pennsylvania Dept of Ag shutting down a Seed Library at the Here is one Facebook page I found. Here are where I am creating my notes: ASSAULT ON SEED SAVING http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp...
FUROR ON THE INTERNET REGARDING RUMORS THAT THE JOSEPH P. SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARIES SEED LIBRARY WAS BEING SHUT DOWN
UPDATE AUG 9, 2014
I have spent the week learning about the existence of the Seed Library Movement. It was because of the concerns expressed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture about the Joseph P Simpson Library and how it was accepting back seeds from heirloom seeds he had given out, that the subject of Seed Libraries first came to my awareness. I have been familiar with the idea of Seed Banks through my love affair with the Petaluma Seed Ban ... read more Join The Campaign to Grow A Healthier Pizza Facebook (Edit) 10 y
Join The Campaign to Grow A Healthier Pizza Facebook (Edit)
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO GROW A HEALTHIER PIZZA
THIS URL IS
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Encore: America’s Gilded Capital
December 6, 2013
This week’s show originally aired on August 20, 2013.
http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2130508
GET ENGAGED HELPING UNCLE SAM GET MARRIED TO ”ANTI” (AUNTIE) GMO THROUGH GROWING ANCIENT GRAINS AND OTHER HEIRLOOM SEEDS
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2181365
FALL 2014
EDITED
AUGUST 4, 2014
I changed some of ... read more Managing my Pages on Plant Your Dream Blog Wordpress 10 y
Managing my Pages on Plant Your Dream Blog Wordpress
Managing my Pages on Plant Your Dream Blog Wordpress
Yikes! Ouch!
I need help!
I do not have confidence that I know how to manage my pages on Plant Your Dream Bogs Wordpress.
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