[UrbanCropCircle] Fwd: where is the UCC group meeting on Dec. 6?

[Susan Helf]

Dear fellow gardeners,
The next UCC meeting is at 6 p.m.  Monday, Dec. 6,  at the home of Sooz
Appel
Her address is 2533 Westlake Ave. N. Park across the street from Sooz'
house.
Bring a potluck dish to share as well as one exchange gift.

The gift can be homemade, used, "regifted" or newly purchased. Each person
will leave with a different gift than the one she brought.

Our January meeting with focus on garden planning. At the February meeting,
we will put together our bulk seed order.

I'd like to add a discussion item to the agenda for December. Should
we continue to order seeds from Territorial? That company distributes some
seeds from Semanis, which is owned by Montsanto. Should we do continue
to do business with Territorial, which indirectly helps enrich Montsanto? Or
should
we give our business to a company with no ties to Monsanto?

I ordered seed catelogs from Baker Creek, Seeds of Change and one other
company. If the catelogs arrive in time, I will bring them to the December
meeting.
All three of these companies focus on open-pollinated heirloom seeds and
none has any
dealings with Monsanto.
Depending on the group sentiment, we could either switch to another company,
or
perhaps send in two separate orders - one to Territorial and one to a
different company.
I'm looking forward to discussing this issue in December


Susan Helf





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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:07:39 -0800
Subject: where is the UCC group meeting on Dec. 6?
From: shelf30 at gmail.com
To: pjjenson1 at hotmail.com


Hi Paula,
Forgive me if you've already sent me the information, but I need to know
where the UCC group is meeting on Dec. 6.
It's nearly time to send out a reminder. I have finished my grant-writing
course that met on Monday evenings, so I can
start coming to UCC meetings again.

The group generally puts together a group seed order in February to order
seeds from Territorial.
I'd like to place an item for discussion on the agenda- whether to continue
buying seeds from Territorial
or to buy seeds from another company. I'm very concerned  that some of the
seeds Territorial distributes
come from Seminis, which was acquired by Monsanto. I don't think we should
be buying seeds from a
company that helps Monsanto make money.

 I just requested seed catalogs from Seeds of Change (N.M.) High Mowing (VT)
and
Baker Seeds. They all carry open-pollinated, heirloom, organic seeds. I
should have
the catelegs in hand by the January meeting. I'll bring them so people can
look
through the offerings.


Thanks,

Susan
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