Fwd: Statewide Seed Assessment

[Eleanor Snyder]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <ofs...@aol.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Subject: Statewide Seed Assessment
To: hawai...@aol.com

Aloha Everyone,

 

Open-Pollinated seed is being lost at a rapid rate-95% of varieties that were grown in 1900 are no longer available today.  These varieties were the backbone of the home garden and market farm for centuries.  The Kohala Center has received a grant through the USDA/ OREI (Organic Research and Education Initiative) to hold a public Seed Symposium on April 17-18, 2010 at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort in Kona.  This assessment is being sent to potential participants in hopes of gathering basic information about interest and knowledge of seed growing and saving that will assist us in planning a meaningful program for the Symposium.  If you are part of an agricultural organization or group in Hawai'i please forward this to your members.

 

It is our greatest hope that statewide/islandwide seed working groups will emerge from the symposium as well as further workshops to gather knowledge, conduct variety trials, and hold field days to share seed and information on-farm, leading to statewide production of high quality seed for both the home and  the market.

 

By the end of December The Kohala Center (www.kohalacenter.org) will have a webpage up with details about the Symposium, "Hua Ka Hua - Restore Our Seed", as well as a link to registration.  Please take this Seed Assessment on Survey Monkey as soon as possible.  It takes about 10 minutes or less to complete:  http://www.kohalacenter.org/seedsurvey.html

 

If you have any comments or questions, please contact me directly.

 

Mahalo for your participation and we hope to see you in Kona in April 2010,

Nancy

 

Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator

Hua Ka Hua - Restore Our Seed, April 17-18, 2010, Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort, Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i

808-322-2801

nredf...@kohalacenter.org         

--
Aloha,
Ellie