<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Transition Tompkins <<a href="mailto:transitiontompkins@gmail.com">transitiontompkins@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 7, 2012 10:57:33 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:transition-tompkins@googlegroups.com">transition-tompkins@googlegroups.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[Transition Tompkins] Upcoming Seed Savers Meeting</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:transition-tompkins@googlegroups.com">transition-tompkins@googlegroups.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>Greetings to the sowers of creation!<div><br></div><div>In our region, some quiet energy has been building around seed saving and it is beginning to emerge as a growing "(s)o(w)m".</div><div><br></div><div>Chrys Gardener from TC CCE has been compiling the names of those interested in participating in an active seed saving network and has announced that on <b>Thursday, January 10th from 11 - 12:30 </b>CCE Tompkins would like to host a seed saving meeting.</div> <div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000ff">Chrys writes,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000ff">"<span class="" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">This will be an opportunity to meet face-to-face and discuss ideas for developing a seed sharing network and training program for new seed savers. I am also thinking of organizing a seed swap to be held at CCE in February or early March and would like to find out who is interested in participating. </span></font></div> <span class="" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000ff">If you are interested in learning more about the Seed Sovereignty campaign in Europe go to this website: <a href="http://www.seed-sovereignty.org/EN/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.seed-sovereignty.org/EN/index.html</a> After looking at what is going on in the EU you'll realize how lucky we are in the US where anyone can grow and share seeds!<br> <br><b>Please let me know if you are available to attend the meeting on January 10. If you can't make the meeting but you are interested in having a table at the seed swap let me know. </b><br><br>We can also do a little seed sharing at the Jan 10 meeting so if you have any to swap bring them along!"</font></span><div> <span class="" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></div><div><span class="" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><font class="" face="Tahoma"><b>OTHER SEED SAVING OPPORTUNITIES</b></font></div> <div><font class="" face="Tahoma"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font class="" face="Tahoma">Forwarded along from Krys Cail of CADE and Ithaca Slow Money, there will be several seed saving and propagating workshops and lectures at this year's NOFA-NY Annual Winter Conference:</font></div> <div><font class="" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><u>Ken from Hudson Valley Seed Library </u>"Sow Local: Integrating Seed Saving and Plant Breeding Into Your Small Farm or Garden." </span><br> </li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><u>Karma Glos from Kingbird Farm</u> half-day intensive on "Small Scale Herb Propagation," </span><br></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Researching High Value Grains for the Northeast Food System,"</span><br> </li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><u>Cayuga Pure Organics:</u> "Beans Don't Come From the Store and Other Real Crop Stories"</span><br></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><u>James Jamison and Jane Mt. Pleasant:</u> "The Rebirth of Agriculture in Native American Communities: Haudenosaunee Corn."</span><br> </li></ul><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">Best,</font></div><div> <font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">Sam</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> -- <br> Working to support community-led responses to climate change, inequality and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness<br> <br> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google<br> Groups "Ithaca in Transition" group.<br> To post to this group, send email to<br> <a href="mailto:ithaca-in-transition@googlegroups.com">ithaca-in-transition@googlegroups.com</a><br> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to<br> <a href="mailto:ithaca-in-transition+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">ithaca-in-transition+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a><br> For more options, visit this group at<br> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-in-transition?hl=en?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-in-transition?hl=en?hl=en</a><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>