Thursday November 16 at 7-9pm Rescuing Heirloom Garden Plants with Kent and Diane Whealy

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Thursday November 16 at 7-9pm Rescuing Heirloom Garden Plants with Kent and 
Diane Whealy
at Victoria Hall 33 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa 
Barbara Permaculture Network will co-and other sponsors
Kent Whealy is the director of the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE), a nonprofit
organization that he and his wife Diane founded in 1975. SSE is a
grassroots network of 8,000 gardeners, orchardists and plant collectors
who are maintaining heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruits, grains,
flowers and herbs, which they distribute through SSE's annual
publications. In 1986 Kent began developing Heritage Farm, a unique
educational facility near Decorah, Iowa that maintains and displays
collections of 18,000 heirloom vegetables, 700 nineteenth century apples,
200 hardy grapes and herds of Ancient White Park cattle. In 1990 Kent was
awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his efforts to conserve genetic
resources.
Seed Savers Exchange www.seedsavers.org.
For more Info contact
Jenny Benjamin
Community Relations Coordinator Pacifica Graduate Institute
(805)969-3626 ext 172
jenny at pacifica.edu

Pacifica Graduate Institute Presents an Evening with
Kent Whealy of Seed Savers Exchange

What is a seed? A seed planted each year is a living link to innumerable 
generations of farmers and kitchen gardeners. We cannot wholly comprehend 
the breadth of history and cultural array contained in the seed, nor 
predict what may come after our brief stewardship and responsibility. This 
small bit of dormant life nurtures the cultural memory of those ancient and 
modern farmers and gardeners who consciously conserved this lineage of seed 
for future generations. Whenever we begin to save our own seeds, we also 
become part of this ancient tradition.

Marshall Chrostowski, Pacifica Graduate Institute's organic land manager, 
has been growing out heirloom and traditional seed varieties since 1991 on 
the campus organic farm. The farm and seed saving support Pacifica's 
evolving  model of  local and global environmental sustainability.  Along 
with our academic studies, Pacifica hopes to promote more ecological 
awareness and lifestyle among students, faculty, staff, visitors and 
community members.

In honor of the ancestral seed, Pacifica Graduate Institute has invited 
Kent Whealy, Executive Director of the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE), to 
present "Rescuing Heirloom Garden Plants." Please join us for a free public 
lecture on Thursday, November 16 at Victoria Hall, 33 West Victoria Street 
in downtown Santa Barbara from 7 to 9 PM. In this era of rampant 
commercialism and genetically modified foods, the work of Seed Savers 
Exchange becomes all the more significant. The Seed Savers Exchange, a 
nonprofit organization that Kent and his wife Diane founded in 1975, is a 
grassroots network of 8,000 gardeners, orchardists and plant collectors who 
are maintaining heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruits, grains, flowers, 
and herbs which they distribute through the SSE annual publications.

The evening with Kent Whealy is co-sponsored by Pacifica Graduate Institute 
and Community Environmental Council, Ending Destructive Genetic 
Engineering/The EDGE Campaign, Growing Solutions: Restoration Education 
Institute, Island Seed & Feed, KUSA Seed Research Foundation, La Casa de 
Maria Retreat & Conference Center, Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club, Santa 
Barbara Permaculture Network, and Seed Savers Exchange.

Reservations are not required for this free public lecture. For more 
information about Pacifica Graduate Institute and our public programs 
please contact 805.969.3626 extension 103.

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Pacifica Graduate Institute is an accredited institution of higher learning 
offering graduate degree programs in the fields of psychology, humanities 
and culture. In addition, Pacifica offers off-site lectures, seminars, and 
conferences open to the general public. Pacifica is also the site of The 
Joseph Campbell & Marija Gimbutas Library and The James Hillman Collection.


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