Please join us for the
2nd Annual Santa Barbara Seed Swap Day!
with a film night on Wednesday,
January 20,
and Community Seed Swap Event on Saturday, January 23. See
below for details:
A Film from the Seed Savers
Network
"Our Seeds: Seeds Blong
Yumi"
Wed, January 20, 2010 7pm, Donation $7
(students/seniors $5)
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery
"Our Seeds" addresses the problems of globalized
food based on hybrids that require pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
The film shows how individuals and small groups have solved these
problems. A celebration of the seed keepers that stand at the source of
humanity's diverse food heritage.
The film introduces those who stand at the source of humanity’s diverse
food heritage. It is a David and Goliath story where resilience and
persuasive logic triumph over seemingly invincible forces that control
much of our food.
Seed Savers directors, and long time permaculturists Michel and Jude
Fanton shot a hundred and sixty hours in eleven countries: Spain, France,
Italy, India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and
Solomon Islands.
(
www.seedsavers.net)
The film features Pacific islanders as they face great challenges to
their way of life, their culture and their traditional cultivation
systems. They fall into the same traps as others:- replacing abundant
varieties of root staples with modern hybrids that require pesticides and
chemical fertilizers; instead importing low quality starch such as white
rice, biscuits and noodles and risk losing their resilient food crops.
This film seeks to reverse this trend.
"Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi", a film
celebrating the keepers of the seeds, and the farmers and gardeners who
preserve and share the source of our food heritage.
The film
event takes place at the Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner
Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown Santa Barbara, Wed,
January 20,
7-9pm, 2010. No reservations are required, donation $7
(students/seniors $5). For more information please call (805) 962-2571,
margie@sbpermaculture.org
;
www.sbpermaculture.org.
A collaboration of Hopedance Media
www.hopedance.org
, Santa Barbara Food Not Lawns
www.sbfoodnotlawns.org and Santa Barbara Permaculture
Network
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- SEED SWAP EVENT SATURDAY JANUARY
23:
- Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap
Day
- Saturday, January 23, 10 - 2pm
- Alameda Park, downtown Santa Barbara, 200 East Sola Street
- FREE
- Bring seeds, plants, cuttings, and garden knowledge to swap, or come
get seeds to sow, grow, harvest, save and share next year.
- Activities for all ages: story hour, crafts, seed ball making, seed
saving lessons, seed envelope making, worm composting, learn about bare
root trees, and more! The Glendessary Jam and Spencer the Gardener will
play music that will have your toes tapping.
- Friends of Seed Swap include: Edible Santa Barbara, Glendessary
Jam, Healing Grounds Nursery, Hope Dance Media, Island Seed And Feed,
Judy Sims, La Huerta, Owen Dell, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network,
Santa Barbara Food Not Lawns, SBCC Center for Sustainability, Santa
Barbara Organic Garden Club, Santa Barbara Permaculture Guild, Spencer
The Garden, The Worm Girl, and more folks joining..
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
an educational
non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees,
we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." -
Anonymous