Time to Start Saving Seeds in the Garden
This is the time of the season when fruits and vegetables from the garden become really abundant. The first delicious cherry tomatoes, the first few zucchinis, and that wonderful first bite of your favourite, sweet melon. Before long, we'll have tomatoes on every windowsill, and neighbours will be trying to give away their extra zucchini!
It's also the time to start collecting seeds. If you miss picking a few green beans or peas, let the pods mature all the way until they give you free seeds. Instead of deadheading all your flowers, let a few ripen to brown seed heads so you can plant them again next year. And check your herbs - they'll start to give you easy-to-save seeds very soon.
Building food capacity in NL
Here in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, physical isolation and the fairytale of modern life have conspired to remove residents from their traditional, local food sources. Since we joined Canada in 1949, a steady erosion of traditional agricultural practices, many of them uniquely local, has taken place, increasing our dependence on imported foods, especially fruit and vegetables, grown thousands of miles away. From more than 1200 local farms, we are now down to fewer than 500, and total acreage under cultivation has decreased by almost 50% in just 20 years.
An Important Message to Our Members
Seeds of Diversity's Board of Directors are coming to you today with an important update regarding the direction of memberships.
In an effort to continue to safeguard the integrity of our organization while still maintaining democratic agency over its direction, we are reviewing and planning to update Seeds of Diversity’s governance structure and by-laws. Please read on about the suggested course of action relating to membership and quorum, and how it may affect you.
From our Youth Blog : Everyday Actions to Support Sustainable Food
Supporting sustainable food means thinking about where your food is coming from, and how it’s getting there. It’s thinking about everything from the wages of farmers, to whether the harvesting process was environmentally-conscious, to buying only what you will eat. So let’s look at some facts and ways we can ensure our systems will keep producing food for generations to come.
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An Important Message to Our Members
From our Youth Blog : Everyday Actions to Support Sustainable Food
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