Online Seed Trading
BCSeeds introduces online seed trading for everyone ...
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This is our first version of online trading and offers
a bare bones trading system enabling traders to enter which
seeds they have to trade and which seeds they are looking for.
Traders can then search for either seeds other traders have
or seeds other traders are looking for. At this point it is
up to the traders to make contact with each other and make
the trade.
We have many improvements in mind. However since we are
a semi-volunteer group with very limited resources we will
wait to see how much interest there is in online trading
before putting more effort into the system.
If you have any interest in this service we urge you to
register and enter even just one seed to show your interest.
Click here to go to the online
trading page.
If you discover any problems please don't hesitate to let us
know through the contact page.
Seeds Of Victoria
Since 1991
Carolyn Herriot grows seeds in a 2.5 acre Certified Organic
(IOPA #1406) garden at The Garden Path Centre for Sustainable Living
in Victoria BC.
(www.earthfuture.com/gardenpath) ...
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It took 5 years
to become self sufficient in fruits and vegetables year round at
The Garden Path; the abundant garden strives to inspire others to
grow more of their own food. For 20 years Carolyn has been growing
food and sharing it with others through The Garden Path Nursery,
which closed down in 2006 so she could focus on seed production,
writing, speaking, and educational programmes on Food Security.
The Garden Path is proud of 'Seeds of Victoria' because they
know how much love and attention goes into the garden. Most of
the food grown uses 'Seeds of Victoria' in order to test seed
vigour and quality; new varieties are also trialled every year in
search of those that produce the highest yields for the greatest
food value. The Garden Path is fortunate in that it is sited inland
away from the cooling effect of the ocean. In summer the garden gets
10F hotter, which gets the garden off to a fast start and enables
seeds to mature in cooler years with late spring starts.
'Seeds of Victoria' no longer produces a paper seed catalogue.
To order seeds you can visit a full colour on-line seed catalogue
(updated in December with the year's new seed collection.)
'Seeds of Victoria' are also available through select stores in
Victoria and around Vancouver Island, and at many
Vancouver Island Seedy Saturdays.
Carolyn is author of a best selling book
A Year on The Garden Path – a 52-week guide to organic gardening
(www.earthfuture.com/gardenpath)
and is currently writing
her next book on greater food self sufficiency and seed saving.
In 2009 The Garden Path opens a school to teach a 10-month programme
called 'Twelve Steps to Sustainable Home-grown Food Production.'
(www.earthfuture.com/gardenpath)
Seedy Saturdays Are Here!
We try to keep a list
of all Seedy Saturdays in BC so if you know of one or have
information we could include please take the time to let us know.
Click HERE for this year's list
to date.
Monsanto Exposé
Review of the documentary
"The World According to Monsanto:
From dioxin
to genetically modified crops. A multinational with your best
interests at heart."
A film by
Marie-Monique Robin.
This film is a hard hitting look at Monsanto's history and origins in
the chemical industry through its transformation into a biotech
agricultural company and, particularly relevant for this website,
its efforts to stamp out traditional seeds and replace them with
patented genetically engineered seeds. It is a must see for anybody
concerned about preserving our seed heritage and for anybody
concerned about the general issue of food security ...
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Seed Saving with Patrick Steiner in Kaslo, BC
The Kaslo Food Security Project was pleased to present a seed saving
workshop with Patrick Steiner of Stellar Seeds on September 3rd.
The event was a full day of seed saving techniques with hands on
cleaning methods, ... more
New BC Seed Growing Manual
BC Seed grower Patrick Steiner has just published his first seed growing
book: Small-Scale Organic Seed Production. This publication is not so much a
"how-to" of seed growing as it is a "what to expect" when embarking on a
journey of seed growing ... more
