Seed Saving on Sunday -- our most intensive workshop yet -- May 16 in Corvallis

[seed ambassadors]

Hi folks,

For those of you that want all of the delightful details about seed saving, we will be doing it up this Sunday at Sunbow farms in Corvallis. This workshop really might just contain everything we know about seeds. Details are below.  Please note there is a fee for this class and pre-registration is appreciated (though you may pay at the door).

Hope to see you there!

Sarah and Andrew
The Seed Ambassadors Project www.seedambassadors.org
Adaptive Seeds www.adaptiveseeds.com
Open Oak Farm www.openoakfarm.com

SEED SAVING AND SEED STEWARDSHIP: The Path to Locally Adapted Seed and True Food Freedom

May 16 - Instructors: Andrew Still & Sarah Kleeger of the Seed Ambassadors Project and Adaptive Seeds

Workshop focuses:

• -Why Save Seed: A profound act of social and ecological empowerment.
• -History of an Ancient Tradition
• -Seed Sovereignty and Food Freedom in a changing world
• -Willamette Valley as one of the best seed saving regions in the world.
• -Open Pollinated, Heritage/Heirloom, Hybrid and GMO
• -Sources: the importance of choice and diversity
• -Strategies: planning your garden for seed saving
• -Isolation: Crossers and Selfers
• -Population: Inbreeding and Outbreeding
• -Selection: Simple plant breeding for locally adapted seed
• -Harvest, Cleaning and Storage
• -Examples seed stewardship
• -Re-localizing a seed stewardship community

10-3pm, $30 prepay, please register by email and send check to address below, bring lunch.

sun...@peak.org      www.sunbowfarm.org

Cheri Clark and Harry MacCormack

Sunbow Farm- Certified Organic since 1984         

Ionways Alkaline Water Ionizers Dealer

Institute of BioWisdom-Workshops/Consulting

6910 SW Plymouth Dr

Corvallis,Oregon 97333

541-929-5782

www.SunbowFarm.org

www.Ionways.com/sunbow

See Harry's new books on our web site!:

The Transition Document: Toward a Biologically Resilient Agriculture

The Morningstar Sutra and the Eveningstar Sutra

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