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The Door is Open--National Heirloom Expo Reflections Sept 1
The Door is Open--National Heirloom Expo Reflections Sept 1
Date: 9/1/2014 10:31:31 AM ( 10 y ) ... viewed 1117 times The Door is Open--National Heirloom Expo Reflections Sept 1
A National Conversation of Seed Saving, Support for Seed Libraries, and GMO Education is Needed
I wanted to write about a choice we who eat face today.
We can grow some of our own food. We can let others grow our food for us.
I believe we have to do both.
This is a question of food growing in the hands of the few, or the many.
The Seed Library Movement will place seeds is placing seeds in the hands of the many.
It is our birthright to grow some of our own food. It is an American Ideal. It is following in the footsteps of our Founding Gardener Presidents.
We are in a state now where Uncle Sam is married to Gmo's. We are in a state where too much of the room in the one pot we all live in is taken up by members of humanity who believe that they can profit from food, and questions of ethics need to be looked at.
An insight from an Enchanted Gardener going on 67 in route to the National Heirloom Expo 2014:
The Door is Open--this is an experience I had at the AAA. There were protesters outside. They wanted to get in the building. They stormed the doorway. Later I learned that there was an exhibit inside and the public was invited. They did not have to storm to get in. They merely needed to know their "opposition." Does this make sense?
The two systems are clearly on the table now…and if not…I am going to help Plant Clarity so anyone who is looking can see the choices.
The key is Dialogue….
A good place to begin now is answering the questions Johnny Zook has about the needs of Seed Libraries.
You are invited to Help Develop a National Seed Library Protocol & Change Seed Laws as Needed
http://plantyourdream.net/?p=19058
Here are the two choices…
THIS IS A PHOTO AFTER I CAME OUT OF PATRICIA BRAGG's DOLLHOUSE
AT HER ORGANIC FARM
__Welcome Friends! --Leslie visits the Bragg Organic Farm on the way up to Santa Rosa, 2012.Patricia has an amazing doll collection and really knows how to let her inner child out tp play through her collectables. It was a treat to visit her and be so welcomes in her home.
Vandana Shiva grinding ancient wheat (Kamut® Khorasan wheat seeds with Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener, Plant Your Dream Blog, September 11, 2012, at the National Heirloom Expo.
A National Conversation of Seed Saving, Support for Seed Libraries, and GMO Education is Needed
I want to engage with Dr. Robert Fraley, called the father of Biotech Agriculture and the man honored as the Discoverer of Round Up Ready Crops.
Bio Note of Dr. Robert T. Fraley
http://littlesis.org/person/5064/Robert_T_Fraley
Questions for Dr. Robert Fraley on the contamination of Indigenous Maize
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2200551
8:26 am
September 1, 2014
A Final Word on Agriculture for Tomorrow
A story about Peter Dukich, who made Biodynamic Compost for fifty years.
In his final days, when he could no longer lift heavy bags of soil, he spent his days sifting the compost into what he called Peter's Powder. Here is some of it…..bring it to the National Heirloom Expo….Tell the story of the sunflower in this photo.
SIGNATURE FOR PLANTING CLARITY! SIMPSON SEED LIBRARY-DEPARTMENT OF AG COMMUNICATIONS
I ordered some memorability from the Simpson Public Library site that arrived August 18, 2014. I would like to take these to The National Heirloom Expo September 9,10,11 in Santa Rosa, Ca, where I will teach as well as participate in a National Seed Library Summit. I went into the garden to plant Ancient Grains of Kamut ® Khorasan wheat today that had been sprouting during the last week. I am planting seeds for clarity around the Simpson Seed Library-Department of Ag Communications. May good come from the communication. May all our work pave the way for Seed Libraries to continue to flourish with the well wishes of all. May a National Conversation emerge in support of Seed Saving, Support for Seed Libraries, and GMO Education. I wrote Plant Your Dream Blogs to contribute to this clarity and good outcomes. Today, I heard from Johnny Zook, Seed Program Supervisor, Penn Department of Ag, and Jonelle Darr, Cumberland County Executive Director, home of the Simpson Seed Library. Darr thanked me for attempting to correct the facts and said, "From what I could see, the information that you have regarding my statements, and the library's actions are correct." Johnny Zook said he liked the story and that I included what needed to be told regarding their communications. Here is the story, "Planting Clarity! Simpson Seed Library and Ag Dept Wrap Up," "Planting Clarity! Simpson Seed Library and Ag Dept Wrap Up," --Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener, August 18, 2014.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HELP DEVELOP A NATIONAL SEED LIBRARY PROTOCOL & CHANGE SEED LAWS AS NEEDED
View the future! This is the Petaluma Seed Bank, where the dreams and visions of a teenager years ago, Jere Gettle, gave birth to the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed collection, and with the help of an outstanding staff, the upcoming National Heirloom Expo September 9,10,11, 2014. The national Seed Library movement was not on my radar until Johnny Zook, Seed Program Supervisor for the Penn Department of Ag wrote a well intended letter to the newly formed Simpson Seed Library in Mechanicsburg, PA, June 12. He let them know that there were state Seed Laws. A few months later, we have an opportunity, as Departments of Ag everywhere are looking into Seed Library Protocols and how individual Seed Laws relate to Seed Libraries. Will you, as a Seed Saving Enthusiast, as a Supporter of Seed Libraries, as a GMO Educator. answers some informed answers to Johnny Zook so that National Seed Library Protocols can reflect deep wisdom?
http://plantyourdream.net/?p=19058
WORKING TOWARD A NATIONAL SEED LIBRARY PROTOCOL & CHANGING THE SEED LAWS AS NEEDED
This was started Thursday, August 28, 2014.
http://seedlibraries.org/forum/topics/working-toward-a-national-protocol-changing-the-seed-laws-as-well
FOUR ANSWERS FOR JOHNNY ZOOK
Help Johnny Zook, Seed Program Supervisor, Penn State of Agriculture,
understand more about the needs of Seed Libraries http://plantyourdream.net/?p=19058
You are invited to Help Develop a National Seed Library Protocol & Change Seed Laws as Needed
http://plantyourdream.net/?p=19058
PLANTING CLARITY! SIMPSON SEED LIBRARY AND AG DEPT WRAP UP
http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2196853
SEED PROTOCOL DISCUSSION GROUP NOTES
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2197727
PLANTING SEEDS FOR A NATIONAL CONVERSATION
http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2193937
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR SEED LIBRARIES AND GMO EDUCATION
http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2193991
HELPING UNCLE SAM MARRY AUNTIE (ANTI) GMO
http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2181365
TEACHINGS FOR THE NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPO FROM LESLIE GOLDMAN 2014
http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2197699
These are teachings for the National Heirloom Expo, September 9,10,11, 2014 in Santa Rosa, California. Leslie can be reached at Plantyourdream AT cox.net or at 619.384.2631. Please see a list of the National Heirloom Expo presenters here.
http://theheirloomexpo.com/speakers/
I am schedule to teach Helping Uncle Sam Marry Auntie (Auntie) GMO
at 11:30 Tuesday, September 9, in Kraft Hall.
I am scheduled to teach Growing a Healthier Pizza with Plant Your Dream Seeds, with the youth, at 12:15-12:45 pm,, Wed, September 10, 2014 in the Educational & Fun Area.
Got the National Heirloom Expo on my mind, Sep. 9,10,11 2014
Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener/ Plant Your Dream Blogger from San Diego shares inspirations from the Campaign to Grow A Healthier Pizza. Will you help build our grassroots movement so that Uncle Sam gives up his unholy relationship with Biotech GMO in the farm bed and gets married to “Anti” (Auntie) GMO? Being a matchmaker for this wedding is a job that belongs to all gardeners who want to fulfill the vision of the Founding Gardener Presidents of America the Beautiful. Thousands of new Plant Parents are needed! The wedding date is in your hands. The invitation to the wedding goes out to all who grow food with heirloom seeds and ancient grains. His favorites are Kamut® ancient wheat and heirloom seeds from the Baker Creek collection. Read more here about his workshop, Helping Uncle Sam Marry “Anti” GMO. The Ultimate Gardener: The Best Experts’ Advice for Cultivating a Magnificent Garden with Photos and Stories (HCI, 2009) credits Leslie for photographs and inspiration. The book’s dedication reads: “To Leslie Goldman, The Enchanted Gardener, for planting dreams and seeds of inspiration. To all those who garden and for those who dream to have a garden one day.”Robert Muller, then U.N. Assistant Secretary General, gave Leslie a U.N. Peace Medal in 1983 for the work he would do in his lifetime. That work continues helping us to win back our sacred seeds.
http://theheirloomexpo.com/speakers/
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2197699
COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE SIMPSON LIBRARY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AG ON THE SIMPSON LIBRARY SITE
The Simpson Public Library has done a wonderful job of detailing the main communications about the unfoldment of these events.
http://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/?q=SIM_SeedLibrary
This Art, How Fast Can a Dream Grow! As Fast as a Blade of Grass! is the centerpiece of our Grow A Healthier Pizza Campaign. Canvas copies are available. Contact me, 619.384.2631.
A GROWING NUMBER OF SEED LIBRARIES NOW EXIST IN MANY PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
This is the way the Seed Library has been working;
Seed libraries, often located in public libraries or other community gathering points, are institutions created for the purpose of sharing seeds. The idea is that a library patron can “check-out” seeds to grow themselves, let “go-to-seed”, and then return seeds to the library to share with other community members. The seeds circulated at lending libraries are usually regionally-adapted and heirloom (unlike most commercial “hybrid” seeds, so that the next generation of seeds will produce plants similar to the parent plant). The purpose of most seed libraries is to provide an alternative to genetically modified seeds, increase biodiversity and plant resilience, and reconnect local people with their food systems.
More about Seed Libraries are found on the seed library social network site
RETURNING SEEDS TO THE SIMPSON LIBRARY
The issue that surfaced through interactions between the Simpson Seed Library and the Pennsylvania Department of Ag was the problem of returning seeds to the Public Library Seed Library. This brought the Seed Library under regulation through the Seed Law of Pennsylvania that has specific rules for seed distributors, Many States have similar seed laws that mirror a Federal seed Law.
MANY SEED LIBRARIES BECAME CONCERNED WHEN THE STORY ABOUT THE SIMPSON SEED LIBRARY AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH THE PENN DEPARTMENT OF AG WENT VIRAL
David King, who founded the Seed Library of Los Angeles, asks the question in one recent Post, "Are Seed Libraries Illegal?" He is heavily quoted on other subjects in Naomi Cleason's August 5 story in the Carlisle Sentinel "Pa. department backs seed library protocol as reaction grows" . Others are exploring, "Setting the Record Straight on the Legality of Seed Libraries".
HELPING UNCLE SAM MARRY "ANTI" GMO
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=2181365
A WORKSHOP AT THE NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPO 2014, SEPTEMBER 9,10,11 IS NOW SCHEDULED
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