552: Seed Saving Class July 2020
A chat with a seed expert.
In This Podcast:
This is the July 2020 episode of a live Seed Saving Class discussing the current status of world seeds, utility patents, community based seed systems, and so much more on building diversity and resilience back into the garden.
There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman.
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Bill McDorman is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013.
SHOW NOTES
– The seed chain
– The importance of community based seed systems
-The dangers of Climate Smart Agriculture
-Industrialization of organic seeds
-Increasing community seed exchanges
–Seed Saving for Farmers and Gardeners online course Fall 2020
Seed School Online
www.urbanfarm.org/seedchat2020july
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