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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!
Download "A Guide to Seed Saving, Seed Stewardship & Seed Sovereignty" by the Seed Ambassadors Project (Jan 2010), 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 [email protected].
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 [email protected]
Village Vancouver (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:
https://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 Ross Moster on November 1, 2010 at 11:36pm -
Hi Cylia,
The next step will be to identify those neighbourhoods where there may be enough interest to start a seed saving collective, and then to have people get together in their neighbourhoods to discuss the idea and take the 1st steps.
Based on the workshop, I'd say the 1st neighbourhoods might be Strathcona, Grandview Woodland, Kits, and Cedar Cottage.
Cheers,
Ross
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Comment by Cylia on November 1, 2010 at 11:24pm
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Wondering who else from our Seed Savers group (other than Tara and I) have taken a seed saving workshop and what are next steps, if any?
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