Organic Seed Catalogs and Hellp for organic farmers in developing countries

2002-12-27 Thread Merla Barberie
When I read the email that Cornell University and USAID are doing a 5 year project to promote GMO seeds in the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Africa, I was abashed. In thinking about this, I wanted to do something. Then I got Nathan's new Turtle Seed Catalog from Camphill. It was

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2002-12-27 Thread Moen Creek
Folks, does anyone else follow the jet steam on a visual level or know atmospheric experts? I, in the 3 or 4 years watching it daily have never seen these crazy spikes going on. http://virga.sfsu.edu/gif/jetstream_norhem_00.gif L*L Mark

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2002-12-27 Thread Jane Sherry
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2002-12-27 Thread Jane Sherry
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Re: Organic Seed Catalogs and Hellp for organic farmers in developing countries

2002-12-27 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Merla, Good Post. Most important. A group in Oz is doing some good work, they travel and actually set up locally based Seed Banks and teach the locals to save and maintain their own seed. Where needed, additional types of vegetables and fruit are made available from other seed banks. In Oz we

Re: Organic Seed Catalogs and Hellp for organic farmers in developing countries

2002-12-27 Thread Merla Barberie
The Seedsaver's Network www.seedsavers.net is just what I was sketchingly thinking about. Aussies are way ahead of me and are working already in some of the countries I was concerned about! I need to think about this some more and find out whether any US seedsaver groups are doing this kind of

Re: Organic Seed Catalogs and Hellp for organic farmers in developing countries

2002-12-27 Thread Gil Robertson
There are a number of Seedsaver Groups in North America, but I do not know of any doing the volunteer work in developing countries, as our folk are doing. They work closely with the Permaculture movement and many people are involved in both groups. We are also teaching Permaculture in a lot of

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2002-12-27 Thread The Korrows
Genetic Engineering and the Intrinsic Value and Integrity of Animals and PlantsProceedings of a Workshop at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK 18-21 September 2002Edited by David Heaf Johannes WirzPublished by Ifgene International Forum for Genetic Engineering December 2002