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car pool to Joel Salatin<br>I have bot tix to the 8:30pm Joel Salatin talk at Kane Hall on the 20th. Let me hear if anyone wants to carpool.<br>Also I can at this point do any shift at the SB booth at Tilth on either the 1st or 2nd.<br>paula Jenson<br><br>> From: urbancropcircle-request@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> Subject: UrbanCropCircle Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3<br>> To: urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:09:27 -0700<br>> <br>> Send UrbanCropCircle mailing list submissions to<br>> urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org<br>> <br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> urbancropcircle-request@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> urbancropcircle-owner@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of UrbanCropCircle digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Tilth Edible Plant Sale-SB Booth shifts (Ingela Wanerstrand)<br>> 2. Fwd: Seeds (Ingela Wanerstrand)<br>> 3. Re: [Foodhealth] Fwd: Polyface Farm's Joel Salatin in Seattle<br>> (Ingela Wanerstrand)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:39:19 -0700<br>> From: Ingela Wanerstrand <ingela@qwest.net><br>> To: SB Fyi Fyi <sb_fyi@lists.sustainableballard.org>,<br>> urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] Tilth Edible Plant Sale-SB Booth shifts<br>> Message-ID: <f6907c54144d682d75c927070c65ed50@qwest.net><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"<br>> <br>> We need help staffing the booth SB is sharing with Groundswell NW at <br>> the Tilth Edible Plant Sale on May 1st & 2nd.<br>> Attachment has available shifts which I will fill on a 1st come 1st <br>> served basis.<br>> I have agreed to haul our booth stuff in and out but we need a back up <br>> in case I can't do it because my goat decides to give birth then.<br>> Thanks!<br>> ~Ingela<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>> Name: Tilth Sale shifts.rtf<br>> Type: application/rtf<br>> Size: 464 bytes<br>> Desc: not available<br>> URL: <http://lists.sustainableballard.org/pipermail/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org/attachments/20100410/8868c0b3/attachment-0001.rtf><br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> <br>> Ingela Wanerstrand<br>> (206)941-1478<br>> ingelamw@gmail.com<br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:58:34 -0700<br>> From: Ingela Wanerstrand <ingela@qwest.net><br>> To: urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] Fwd: Seeds<br>> Message-ID: <4375df4ca9336ce4817ef7d521b59d05@qwest.net><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"<br>> <br>> How about each of us saving one kind of seed this year and then sharing <br>> them with the group for next year's planting?<br>> (See Tom's recommendation below)<br>> Perhaps we could have Bill Thorness (local author of 'Edible <br>> Heirlooms') come give us a lecture on how to do it?<br>> ~Ingela<br>> <br>> Begin forwarded message:<br>> <br>> > From: Susan Helf <shelf30@gmail.com><br>> > Date: April 9, 2010 1:15:28 AM PDT<br>> > To: Thomas Allen <thallen@nwlink.com><br>> > Subject: Re: Seeds<br>> ><br>> > Tom,<br>> > Thanks for the information. I was horrified to learn that Territorial <br>> > gets its seeds indirectly from Monsanto. Our Urban Crop Circles garden <br>> > club just ordered a shitload of seeds from Territorial. I don't know <br>> > if any of our members are aware of the connection.?It sounds like we <br>> > may?have?bought a bunch of GMO seeds.?<br>> > ?<br>> > Fortunately, I'm way behind in starting plants from seeds indoors. I <br>> > only spent $14 on my share of hte bulk order. I?will?throw them all <br>> > away?if I can find?? heirloom?or?OP?seeds.<br>> > ?<br>> > Can you tell me where to buy FedSSE, Peace Seeds and SOC? Can I get <br>> > them locally or from the?Internet?<br>> > ?<br>> > Thanks,<br>> > ?<br>> > Susan<br>> > ?<br>> > I'm glad I got your information before I planted any of my Monsanto <br>> > Monster seeds.<br>> > ?<br>> > Susan<br>> > ?<br>> > ?<br>> > ?Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Thomas Allen <thallen@nwlink.com> wrote:<br>> >> Many of you know about Monsanto/Seminis issue already but it never <br>> >> hurts to pass it on to your networks.<br>> >><br>> >> Mansanto now owns 80% or some similar number of the vegetable seed <br>> >> production in the US. Consolidation has been gong on for a very long <br>> >> time. Compared to 1900, we've lost nearly 95% of the cultivars that <br>> >> were then commercially available. This is why I have been emphasizing <br>> >> seed saving and planting only OP seeds on our garden tours. I've also <br>> >> done a couple of radio pieces on the subject; archived at <br>> >> (http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/2968). The first one <br>> >> in 1980. The most recent in 2006. Given Monsanto's international <br>> >> activities it's impossible to be too suspicious. They aren't the only <br>> >> ones either. So support Fedco, SSE, Peace Seeds (Alan Kapular), SOC, <br>> >> set up seed exchange networks, and of course grow your own. Arrange <br>> >> for different gardeners to grow varieties that might cross pollenate, <br>> >> then swap.<br>> >><br>> >> --Tom<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Adele Eustis wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> Thought you might find this of interest<br>> >>><br>> >>>> Today's Topics:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> ? 1. Territorial Seed Co. and Monsanto (Ramona Lee)<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Please pass this on to everyone you know.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>> Last night at the Fruit Club meeting, we listened to a lecture on<br>> >>>>> seed saving.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> The lecturer from Olympia told us that Territorial Seed Co. buys<br>> >>>>> seed from Seminis which is owned by Monsanto. She also told us <br>> >>>>> that<br>> >>>>> Territorial does not identify which seeds are genetically modified<br>> >>>>> Monsanto seed. She told us to call Territorial and tell them we now<br>> >>>>> know they buy seed from Seminis and that you want to know which if<br>> >>>>> any of the seed you have purchased is Monsanto seed. She said THEY<br>> >>>>> HAVE TO TELL YOU. Each of us needs to call or email Territorial and<br>> >>>>> tell them we ARE NOT HAPPY with this policy and that we will not be<br>> >>>>> buying from them if they continue to sell Monsanto seed.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>> This morning I called Territorial Seed Co. and they informed me they<br>> >>>> are working hard to get rid of all of their Seminis line of seeds. <br>> >>>> The<br>> >>>> rumor that they have been purchased by Monsanto is false. They also<br>> >>>> told me that none of the seeds they buy from Seminis have been<br>> >>>> genetically modified. I told her since Monsanto now owns Seminis <br>> >>>> that<br>> >>>> I can not trust any seed that is associated with Monsanto. She said<br>> >>>> that is ALSO HOW Territorial Seed Co. feels and they are working <br>> >>>> hard<br>> >>>> to find replacements for the varieties they have been purchasing <br>> >>>> from<br>> >>>> Seminis.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> She told me that Seminis was a very small seed company and didn't<br>> >>>> understand why Monsanto would bother buying them out but she then <br>> >>>> went<br>> >>>> on to say that Monsanto now owns the varieties that Seminis <br>> >>>> developed<br>> >>>> and she said they own the rights to the parent plants as well, which<br>> >>>> Monsanto will not divulge. Below is more information and a list of <br>> >>>> the<br>> >>>> companies that Monsanto now owns.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>> I also searched for some information on this subject and this is<br>> >>>>> what I found. It's very important information.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> http://myfolia.com/journals/70906-companies-selling-monsanto-seeds<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Companies selling Monsanto seeds<br>> >>>>> Wednesday, 18 Nov 09<br>> >>>>> copied from Facebook board:<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> "Rudy Arredondo (Washington, DC) wroteon August 22, 2008 at 9:56am<br>> >>>>> Seed Companies & their Relationships w/Monsanto<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> 2008/8/14 Diane Dodge<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> FYI from Nick DeMarsh:<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Here is an interesting post on Seed companies supplied by monsanto.<br>> >>>>> If you think it is relevant please pass it on to the growing food<br>> >>>>> and justice listserve.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Recently on a gardening forum in which I participate, a list of<br>> >>>>> various seed companies now owned by Monsanto was posted. I was so<br>> >>>>> shocked to discover Territorial Seeds on the list that I <br>> >>>>> immediately<br>> >>>>> wrote to them to ask if it was true? As it turns out, while<br>> >>>>> Territorial continues to be owned<br>> >>>>> privately, by Tom & Julie Johns, one of their seed suppliers,<br>> >>>>> Seminis, is in fact owned by Monsanto. Over the course of my<br>> >>>>> correspondence with staff from Territorial, they provided me with a<br>> >>>>> list of the seeds currently purchased by Seminis, which I have<br>> >>>>> attached. And I was told that the owners are `considering' whether<br>> >>>>> or not to continue using Seminis as a vendor.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> I'm sending this information out in the hopes that you'll consider<br>> >>>>> writing to Territorial Seeds to request they terminate their<br>> >>>>> relationship with Seminis, as well as expressing support for them <br>> >>>>> as<br>> >>>>> a company you'd continue to buy seeds from in the future. I can't<br>> >>>>> express enough how important it is for those of us who are <br>> >>>>> dedicated<br>> >>>>> to food security, and the ongoing availability of good, local,<br>> >>>>> organic produce, to do whatever we can to prevent Monsanto from<br>> >>>>> colonizing our primary sources of seed. Toward that end, I'm also<br>> >>>>> posting the list of companies owned by Monsanto for your<br>> >>>>> review, in case you find others whose seeds you've bought.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Territorial Seeds<br>> >>>>> Totally Tomato<br>> >>>>> Vermont Bean Seed Co.<br>> >>>>> Burpee<br>> >>>>> Cook's Garden<br>> >>>>> Johnny's Seeds<br>> >>>>> Earl May Seed<br>> >>>>> Gardens Alive<br>> >>>>> Lindenberg Seeds<br>> >>>>> Mountain Valley Seed<br>> >>>>> Park Seed<br>> >>>>> T&T Seeds<br>> >>>>> Tomato Growers Supply<br>> >>>>> Willhite Seed Co.<br>> >>>>> Nichol's<br>> >>>>> Rupp<br>> >>>>> Osborne<br>> >>>>> Snow<br>> >>>>> Stokes<br>> >>>>> Jungs<br>> >>>>> R.H. Shumway<br>> >>>>> The Vermont Bean Seed Company<br>> >>>>> Seeds for the World<br>> >>>>> Seymour's Selected Seeds<br>> >>>>> HPS<br>> >>>>> Roots and Rhizomes<br>> >>>>> McClure and Zimmerman Quality Bulb Brokers<br>> >>>>> Spring Hill Nurseries<br>> >>>>> Breck's Bulbs<br>> >>>>> Audubon Workshop<br>> >>>>> Flower of the Month Club<br>> >>>>> Wayside Gardens<br>> >>>>> Park Bulbs<br>> >>>>> Park's Countryside Garden<br>> >>>>> And one final thing: here's a link to another seed company, Fedco,<br>> >>>>> who posted information on their website about their own decision to<br>> >>>>> forgo using Seminis any longer once they had been purchased by<br>> >>>>> Monsanto: http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/monsanto.htm<br>> >>>>> Fedco Seeds ? The Monsanto Debate/Monsanto Buys Seminis<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Here's the info for contacting Territorial Seeds:<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Territorial Seed Company<br>> >>>>> Attn: Tom & Julie Johns<br>> >>>>> PO Box 158<br>> >>>>> Cottage Grove, OR 97424<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Phone Orders: 800-626-0866<br>> >>>>> Fax Orders: 888-657-3131<br>> >>>>> Customer Service/Gardening Questions: 541-942-9547<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Territorial Seed Company Store<br>> >>>>> 20 Palmer Ave<br>> >>>>> Cottage Grove, OR 97424<br>> >>>>> Phone: 541-942-0510<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Customer Service Email<br>> >>>>> info@territorialseed.com "<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Adding to the list od Seminis (daughter company of Monsanto)<br>> >>>>> purchasers direct from Seminis website:<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> Burpee<br>> >>>>> Dege Garden Center<br>> >>>>> E & R Seed Co<br>> >>>>> Earl May Seed<br>> >>>>> Garden Trends<br>> >>>>> Gardens Alive<br>> >>>>> Germania Seed Co<br>> >>>>> Johnnys Selected Seeds<br>> >>>>> J.W. Jung Seed Co.<br>> >>>>> Lindenberg Seeds<br>> >>>>> Mountain Valley Seed<br>> >>>>> Nichols Garden Nursery<br>> >>>>> Park Seed<br>> >>>>> Rocky Mountain Seed Co.<br>> >>>>> T & T Seeds, Ltd.<br>> >>>>> Tomato Growers Supply<br>> >>>>> Willhite Seed Co.<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>> Name: not available<br>> Type: text/enriched<br>> Size: 8253 bytes<br>> Desc: not available<br>> URL: <http://lists.sustainableballard.org/pipermail/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org/attachments/20100410/e94a3f93/attachment-0001.bin><br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 3<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:06:10 -0700<br>> From: Ingela Wanerstrand <ingela@qwest.net><br>> To: Jennifer Mundee <jennifer@sustainableballard.org><br>> Cc: FHM Guild <foodhealth@lists.sustainableballard.org>,<br>> urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> Subject: Re: [UrbanCropCircle] [Foodhealth] Fwd: Polyface Farm's Joel<br>> Salatin in Seattle<br>> Message-ID: <e5f5b31b318ec448c519deb7db07bb4d@qwest.net><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed";<br>> DelSp="yes"<br>> <br>> <br>> Thanks, Jennifer,for the heads up!<br>> I heard him last year and really enjoyed it.<br>> I bought tix for the 6pm show. Anyone else going and want to carpool?<br>> I'm going to a free talk on trees afterwards at CUH by Arthur Lee <br>> Jacobsen and Mike Lee.<br>> ~Ingela<br>> <br>> On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Jennifer Mundee wrote:<br>> <br>> > FYI Foodies:<br>> ><br>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> > From: Traca Savadogo <tsavadogo@yahoo.com><br>> > Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:16 PM<br>> > Subject: Polyface Farm's Joel Salatin in Seattle<br>> > To: Traca Savadogo <tsavadogo@yahoo.com><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Hi all! Wow. There are some interesting events coming down the pike <br>> > and I couldn't be more excited!<br>> ><br>> > First up: Polyface Farm's Joel Salatin...featured in Ominvore's <br>> > Dilemma, Food Inc., and the film FRESH will be speaking at 3 rare <br>> > Seattle appearances.<br>> ><br>> > Joel?will be?in town to help promote the film FRESH <br>> > http://www.freshthemovie.com/ which examines some of the great efforts <br>> > our country's farmers are making to return to a smaller, more <br>> > connected economy.? Joel's in town on April 20th and FRESH will be <br>> > screening the following week. (Stay tuned for more on that.)<br>> ><br>> > For now, jump on these Joel Salatin events. I expect they'll sell out <br>> > early.<br>> ><br>> > Details:<br>> ><br>> > April 20th - Lunch with Joel Salatin<br>> > Noon - 2:00 PM<br>> > ?<br>> > An intimate lunch with Joel at Seth Caswell's new restaurant, Emmer & <br>> > Rye (1825 Queen Anne Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109). This is an <br>> > opportunity to have a meal with this great leader and thinker of <br>> > modern agricultural solutions.? The lunch will cost $125 per guest and <br>> > we'll be donating 20% of the proceeds to Cascade Harvest Coalition, a <br>> > non-profit organization that is a local food and farming resource <br>> > center that promotes the Puget Sound Fresh program, Eat Local for <br>> > Thanksgiving, and many Farm-to-Table workshops for farmers (full <br>> > disclosure - I am on the board of CHC).? Lunch promises to bring <br>> > together great food, great conversation and great energy that is <br>> > driving this movement to smaller-scaled economies. A limited number of <br>> > seats are available for this event. ?Tickets.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > April 20th - Lecture "The Sheer Exstasy?of Being a Lunatic Farmer"<br>> > 6:00 - 7:30 PM<br>> > Kane Hall, University of Washington<br>> ><br>> > In this mischievous lecture, Joel Salatin compares the industrial <br>> > global food paradigm with the heritage local food paradigm. Using <br>> > hilarious stories from his family's Polyface Farm experience, Salatin <br>> > examines the contrast on many different levels: fertility, carbon <br>> > cycling, energy use, relationships, marketing, and spirit. If you ever <br>> > wondered: "What's really the difference between pastured poultry and <br>> > Tyson's"?--now you'll know.<br>> ><br>> > All proceeds go to support FRESH in their continuing efforts to <br>> > educate and inspire communities about sustainable agriculture<br>> ><br>> > Tickets: $25 At this event you will receive a movie voucher to see <br>> > FRESH: Central Cinema April 30-May<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > April 20th - Lecture "Can you feed the world? -- Answering elitism, <br>> > production and choice." 8:30 -?9:30 PM<br>> > Kane Hall, University of Washington<br>> ><br>> > By far and away the two most common questions asked of Joel Salatin <br>> > are: How can we afford local artisanal heritage-based food? And: Is it <br>> > realistic to think we can really feed the world with a non-industrial <br>> > food system? Because the local clean food movement, for all its <br>> > allure, is still only some 2 percent of all food sales, envisioning it <br>> > as a credible, viable alternative to industrial corporatized <br>> > genetically modified food seems like pie-in-the-sky dreaming. Using <br>> > his own Polyface Farm principles as a foundation, Joel builds this <br>> > vision one piece at a time by blending theory and practice. You will <br>> > never think about the food system the same way again.<br>> > All proceeds go to support FRESH in their continuing efforts to <br>> > educate and inspire communities about sustainable agriculture.<br>> ><br>> > Ticket: $25 At this event you will receive a movie voucher to see <br>> > FRESH, Central Cinema, April 30-May<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ---------------------<br>> ><br>> > "Seattle's matchmaker of food lovers." - Seattle Post Intelligencer<br>> ><br>> > Traca Savadogo,<br>> > Seattle Tall Poppy<br>> > E-mail: tsavadogo@yahoo.com<br>> > Blog: www.seattletallpoppy.blogspot.com<br>> ><br>> > Let's connect!<br>> > Twitter love:?@ seattletallpopp<br>> > Skype: seattletallpoppy<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ?<br>> ><br>> > ?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -- <br>> > Jennifer Mundee<br>> > Sustainable Ballard :: Food + Health<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > The Sustainable Ballard Food, Health and Medicine Guild Discussion List<br>> > Foodhealth@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> > http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/foodhealth- <br>> > sustainableballard.org<br>> ><br>> > To unsubscribe, visit this webpage <br>> > http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/foodhealth- <br>> > sustainableballard.org and follow the instructions to unsubscribe.<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Sustainable Ballard: A Blueprint for EveryTown USA<br>> > http://sustainableballard.org/<br>> > "The future of Ballard is to make the future its business!"<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>> Name: not available<br>> Type: text/enriched<br>> Size: 6896 bytes<br>> Desc: not available<br>> URL: <http://lists.sustainableballard.org/pipermail/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org/attachments/20100410/424bb9da/attachment-0001.bin><br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> UrbanCropCircle mailing list<br>> UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org<br>> http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org<br>> <br>> <br>> End of UrbanCropCircle Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3<br>> **********************************************<br> <br /><hr />The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. 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