Salt Lake County Seed Swap Meeting Thursday, March 27, 2014

Posted on March 24, 2014 by graceandmystery

Just a reminder this months seed swap and meeting are this Thursday!! We will be voting on a lot of important issues so please try to come if you can.

Come join us for our monthly seed swap! We will also be taking votes as to where our members would like to meet in the future, and how the monthly meetings should be held( Just a swap, classes, tours, or all of the above) I am sorry the location isn’t closer to the old location I have been having a very hard time reserving rooms at libraries.

When: Thursday, March 27, 2014

Time: 7:00 – 8:30 P.M.

Where: Kearns Library – Directions

5350 S 4220 W, Kearns, UT 84118

(801) 943-4636

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Seed Act

Posted on September 25, 2013 by graceandmystery

“SEED ACT aims to inspire social engagement – sensorial, aromatic, engaging and activating, the film will constitute an action in itself.
Informing about the current situation of traditional seed varieties, imminent threats – loss of biodiversity, state of the food system, legislation, …
Questioning the role of seeds in our society, the direction being pointed out, new seed laws and patents on life.
Activating – waking up ears and consciousnesses, show real and possible inspiring lives and stimulate the willingness to take action for free seeds.”

http://vimeo.com/58812147

Visit their website.

The Farmer, the Architect and the Scientist – A Seed Hero

Posted on September 3, 2013 by graceandmystery

“A new film, ‘The Farmer, the Architect and the Scientist’ tells the story of a seed hero. Dr Debal Deb is a pioneering ecologist committed to working with traditional farmers in eastern India to conserve indigenous seed diversity. Over almost two decades, Debal has managed to save 920 varieties of rice, all of which he stores in community based seed banks in West Bengal and Odisha for farmers. This film follows the construction of a new seed bank premises in Odisha, a venture that provides a potent symbol of Debal’s values.

As we saw in Seeds of Freedom, small-scale traditional farmers and their rich diversity of locally adapted seed varieties are being written out of the story of seed. They are the victims of an aggressive global lobbying effort, designed to convince a world terrified about food security that the corporatization of the global food system, involving transgenic seeds, is the only way to feed the world.

But there are those who dispute this narrative – seed heroes, men and women, from around the world – who understand that the key to a healthy food system lies in maintaining the immense local and regional bio-cultural diversity of seeds and traditional farming methods. Their work to uphold farmland and community resilience and health has never been more important.”

Vandana Shiva: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Seed Saving

Posted on August 23, 2013 by graceandmystery

“we learn from the seed renewal
we learn from the seed generosity
we learn from the seed multiplicity
we learn from the seed diversity”
Vandana Shiva”

Seeds the Buried Beginnings of Food – Semran Sethi

Posted on April 26, 2013 by graceandmystery

“The buried foundations of food and future-food are slowly disappearing. Environmental journalist Simran Sethi takes us beneath our plates to explore the erosion of what we grow and eat. Through an exploration of agricultural biodiversity, seed monocultures and consolidation, and the small-scale farmers who continue to grow much of the world’s food, Simran explains what we all can do to ensure the security and sovereignty of our seed and food.”

Salt Lake County Seed Swap April Meeting – Thursday, April 25th

Posted on April 9, 2013 by graceandmystery

If you’d like to get your gardening on, please join us for our April meeting where we will be swapping seed starts, confirming our current BOD, and discussing composting. Hope to see you there!

Salt Lake County Seed Swap April Meeting

Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M Ruth Vine Tyler Library 8041 South Wood Street (55 West) Midvale, Utah 84047

If you’d like to discuss seed saving, gardening, open pollinated and heirloom plants, find out if others have seeds/plants you are interested in, please join our yahoo group 🙂

Salt Lake County Seed Swap – Local Seed Bank and Classes by Shad Enghilterra

Posted on April 8, 2013 by graceandmystery

Lovely article by Shad Enghilterra in Ingredients Magazine about the Salt Lake County Seed Swap and what we do.

“The group has a seed bank that people are able to trade with or members can borrow from. They do need to give seeds back from the next harvest. Membership in the Seed Swap is simply filling out a form. Classes are usually scheduled for the last Thursday of the month. Everyone is welcome, and there is usually a seed swap at the end of the learning experience.”