Lillooet Food Matters is proud to present
our 4th annual
Seedy Saturday !
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Seed Swap and Sale from 9:30 - 1 pm (suggested admission $2)
Workshop from 2 - 5 pm : "Our Gardens as Seed Banks"
with Susan Davidson (BC Seeds, Glorious Organics, Fraser Valley Common Farm)
and Mojave Kaplan (Planting Seeds Project)
(suggested donation $5)
Lillooet Friendship Centre, 357 Main Street
Everyone welcome, no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
featuring a Seed Swap Table ~ bring any extra saved seed (or perennials, bulbs, etc) to share
Seeds for sale, from:
· Lillooet Feed and Garden (Aimers Organics and West Coast Seeds)
· Mountain Seed Company (Kaslo)
· Planting Seeds Project (Lytton)
· The Splitrock / Sekw'el'was Native Plant Nursery
· Stellar Seeds (Kaslo)
· Sunshine Seeds (Kelowna)
· and books by Dan Jason on seed saving, Robin Wheeler on food security, and S. Davidson & R.Wheeler's Growing Seed Collectives
Educational displays:
· Bitterbine Hop Farm
· The Invasive Weed Council
· The Splitrock / Sekw'el'was Native Plant Nursery
· Seeds of Diversity
and an Ask the Expert table with Sue Senger ~ bring your gardening questions!
Enter our raffle to win great prizes!
Bring any of your yet uncleaned seeds to be cleaned using Mojave's equipment,
your friends, your questions and enthusiasm!
Donations to the Food Bank welcome!
Kids Welcome!
Coffee, teas and snacks available
L e t ' s G r o w L i l l o o e t !
for more info, please call Ina at 250-256-0667
or email Gillian info@gilliansherbs.com
"If SEED SAVING is collecting seeds for replanting in the future…Then SEED STEWARDSHIP is the process of saving seeds with the purpose of maintaining or improving that seed’s health and resilience. It also includes the act of saving and selecting a variety over a period of many seasons, with the end goal of passing it on to others in the future. The ideal of SEED SOVEREIGNTY firmly plants seed saving and seed stewardship in the realm of fundamental human rights. It is the freedom to save seed and determine the foundation on which our food system rests. With the current attacks of industry hitting at the heart of food sovereignty, the simple act of seed saving becomes a major act of resistance and social empowerment." www.seedambassodors.org
