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

[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:
Emacs!


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, 
<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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