[Lapg] 2nd Annual SB Seed Swap Community Events/Jan 20 & 23

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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 humanityís 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, 
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at 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..

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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
    an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
  www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in 
new directions, in order to grow." - Anonymous

First Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence August 2008
  http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org
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