[Green] Fwd: Seed Saving Inventory

[Chris at FUUSM]

George,  Roger K. is lining them up now....I am just waiting for concrete 
dates....in January.  We will have a Master Gardener and help from the OSU 
extension office.   I just don't have the "exact" info yet.   C

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From: "gbanz42--- via Green" <green at fuusm.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:13 AM
To: "Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues" <green at fuusm.org>
Cc: <gbanz42 at suddenlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Green] Fwd: Seed Saving Inventory

> It's my recollection that the seed exchange was done in the past as part 
> of the winter gardening classes held in our Fellowship Hall. These classes 
> have not yet been arranged for 2016.
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> ---- tech--- via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
>> FYI
>>
>> > Begin forwarded message:
>> >
>> > From: Kerrigan Boyd <gardens at communityfoodinitiatives.org>
>> > Date: December 9, 2015 at 1:12:18 PM EST
>> > To: fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com, revkat at suddenlinkmail.com, 
>> > tech at fuusm.org, RogerKalter at mariettaoh.net
>> > Cc: Mary Nally <cfi at communityfoodinitiatives.org>, Susan Young 
>> > <youngs2 at ohio.edu>, Jessica Chadwell 
>> > <jess at communityfoodinitiatives.org>
>> > Subject: Seed Saving Inventory
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > My name is Kerrigan Boyd and I am the Community Garden Coordinator for 
>> > a nonprofit in Athens called Community Food Initiatives. CFI is a 
>> > grassroots organization with the mission to support a local food system 
>> > that assures and expands access to fresh, healthy food for everyone in 
>> > the Appalachian Ohio region.
>> >
>> > One of the ways that we work to assure local food access is to keep an 
>> > annual inventory of seeds saved, which is then published and made 
>> > available to the public. I have heard that the UU Church does an annual 
>> > seed exchange and I would love the opportunity to connect with some of 
>> > the seed savers in the hopes of including them in our inventory, 
>> > inviting them to our seed exchanges, and possibly including them in 
>> > newly founded Southeast Ohio Seed Savers Company. Here 
>> > <http://www.communityfoodinitiatives.org/soss/> is additional 
>> > information on the Southeast Ohio Seed Savers, and here 
>> > <http://www.communityfoodinitiatives.org/seed-sovereignty/> is a bit 
>> > more general information on our work with seed sovereignty.
>> >
>> > I am contacting you in hopes that you could point me in the right 
>> > direction, or pass along seed saver contacts so I may connect with them 
>> > via email. I also wanted to make you aware that CFI will be hosting two 
>> > upcoming seed exchanges - Saturday, February 20th and Saturday, March 
>> > 26th both from 1-3pm. I would be happy the pass along more details on 
>> > the event as we get further along in the planning process.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Kerrigan Boyd
>> > (740) 707-5642 <tel:%28740%29%20707-5642>
>> > COMCorps|AmeriCorps
>> > Community Garden Coordinator
>> > Community Food Initiatives
>> > Like us on Facebook! 
>> > <https://www.facebook.com/CommunityFoodInitiatives/>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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