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On October 30th, 2010, Village Vancouver & Farm Folk City Folk presented a Seed Saving in the City Workshop w/4 BC Seedswomen. The NEXT STEP has been FORMING NEIGHBOURHOOD SEED COLLECTIVES; The 1st MEETING was on JAN 8 (Transition Cedar Cottage); the next meeting is in Transition Strathcona (Feb 19). See below for upcoming meetings. Next workshops (one beginners, one intermediate) - Sunday, Feb 27th (day after Seedy Saturday)
VV SEED SAVING COLLECTIVE GROUPS/PROJECTS/LIBRARIES
Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective
Grandview-Woodland Village Seed Library (new)
Hastings-Sunrise Village Seed Library
Kits Village Seed Savers/Kits Seed Library
Main Street Neighbourhood Village Seed Library
RESOURCES
Download "How to Grow a_Seed Collective" by Robin Wheeler here, and then do it!
Over 30 people attended the October workshops. Two collectives have started in Transition Cedar Cottage and Transition Strathcona, with workshop participant Robin Sturley providing facilitation help.
More collectives will be starting soon- likely neighborhoods/villages include grandview woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kits, and Main Street.
If you're interested in starting a collective in your neighbourhood or village, please contact Ross here, or at ross@villagevancouver.ca.
1st seed saving collective gathering Jan 8th - Cedar Cottage Seed Saving Collective. All villages and neighbourhoods welcome - please RSVP on events page.
2nd seed saving collective gathering Jan 29th - Strathcona Seed Saving Collective. All transition villages and neighbourhoods welcome - please RSVP on events page.
SEED SAVING COLLECTIVE GROUPS/PROJECTS
Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective
Kitsilano Seed Savers/Kits Seed Library
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October 2010 workshop
Seed Saving in the City
Saturday October 30th, 2010 10:00am-1pm
Strathcona Community Centre
601 Keefer St in Vancouver
Don't miss this rare Vancouver opportunity to learn about Seed Saving from four top BC seedswomen.
Facilitated by Maria Hunter, Dragonfly Seeds; Mojave Kaplan, Planting Seeds Project; Robin Wheeler, Edible Landscapes and Susan Davidson, BC Seeds www.bcseeds.org.
We will be discussing seed saving basics, the politics of seeds, how to build seed collectives and learn to select for good traits. We'll learn about isolation distances, small business creation, hear stories and work together to create the base for a local seed chapter.
Suggested donation: $30. Subsidies available; no one turned away for lack of funds. Limited to 25 participants.
To register: Strathcona Community Centre 604.713.1838 (CRN 45504.401)
For further information: Ross Moster ross@villagevancouver.ca
Village Vancouver (www.villagevancouver.ca), or
Strathcona Community Centre (www.strathconacc.com Fall Program Guide pages 6 and 7).
UPCOMING COLLECTIVE GATHERINGS AND WORKSHOPS:
Feb Strathcona seed saving collective gathering. Feb 19th.
Cedar Cottage seed saving collective gathering. Mar 6th.
Seed Saving workshops Feb 27th - see events page.
To join Village Vancouver Seed Savers:
http://www.villagevancouver.ca/group/vvfoodgroupseedsavers
Discussion Forum
Kits Village/Main St. Village/Dunbar Village FREE Seed Saving Workshops
Started by Ross Moster Feb 20. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Sunday, February 24 from 9am to 12:30pmKits, near beach. Address to be sent to RSVPers a couple days before.Organized by Ross Moster, Kits Village Seed Savers/Library, Main Street Village Seed…Continue
Billets needed for 2012 BC Seed Gathering
Started by Ross Moster Oct 9, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
There will be people coming from all over BC to attend the 2012 Seed Gathering. If you can billet someone for November 9th and 10th (or possibly the 9th, 10th, and 11th), please let us know. Contact…Continue
Village Vancouver Seedpack Templates for printout!
Started by Jordan B. Last reply by Dana Wilson Jul 13, 2012. 1 Reply 1 Like
Attached is the template for the Village Vancouver seed packs that Dana Wilson designed - simply print it out (preferably on recycled paper!), cut out the squares, and fold according to the…Continue
Seed Library at Kits Village potluck tonight
Started by Ross Moster Feb 5, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
We'll have the Seed Library at the Kits Village potluck tonight, including a bunch of new seeds Please feel free to take some seeds. And to bring some to replenish the library now (and later in the…Continue
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Comment by Cylia on April 4, 2011 at 9:38am
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Peter and I went to the Seed savers garden forum yesterday and Ross presented an idea to have a seed library, where people could check out seeds to give them a try. In return they would be asked to grow out the seed and return new viable seed to the library. Nifty idea. Still wrapping my head around how this might work.
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Comment by Amy Tran on March 16, 2011 at 9:45pm -
The Seed Savers Garden Forum is a series of informal discussions around seed saving, including such topics as garden preparation and selection methods. Join us for our first forum on Sunday, April 3rd from 1 to 3pm, in the Cottonwood Community Garden in Strathcona. VV event page!
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Comment by Amy Tran on February 14, 2011 at 6:04pm
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To help streamline communications, the Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective have created their own VV group. Join here!
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Comment by Amy Tran on February 9, 2011 at 5:40pm
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The Cedar Cottage Seed Savers are having their next meeting on Sunday, March 6th! Please RSVP on the event page: Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective Meeting - Members from other neighbourhoods/villages are very welcome to attend.
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Hi everyone,
At Dan Jason's talk last night (Friday), Emily brought up the CETA agreement which could mean the end of farmer's rights to save seed. Here's some more information:
http://www.cban.ca/Resources/Topics/Trade/NFU-Canada-Europe-Free-Tr...
Arzeena Hamir MSc. P.Ag.
Coordinator
Richmond Food Security Society
http://richmondfoodsecurity.org
coordinator@richmondfoodsecurity.org
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Comment by Amy Tran on January 21, 2011 at 3:12pm
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The Cedar Cottage Seed Savers are having their next meeting on Sunday, February 6th! Here's the event page: Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective Meeting - Members from other neighbourhoods/villages welcome. Hope to see you there!
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Hello Amy and Tara: yes, we have a seat for each of you to Dan's talk. Please arrive at Peter and our home at 615 pm Friday. Let me know if you need our address again. Buzz unit 19. Thanks. cylia
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Comment by Alexandra Brigham on January 12, 2011 at 5:04pm
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Oh I'd love to go see Dan talk but unfortunately must work :(
And Robin, please send me the details of the first meeting!
This is very exciting!!
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Comment by Alexis Bach on January 12, 2011 at 3:11pm -
yes please!!
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Comment by Robin S. on January 12, 2011 at 2:43pm -
Hi everyone,
The Cedar Cottage Seed Saving Collective had a very successful first meeting, and if anyone is interested in a run-down of the meeting, please let me know. It's pretty long so I don't want to post it in full here, but I can send it as a message to anyone who wants to take a look.
Cheers
Robin
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