Sunday, February 28, 2010
Central Region Seed swap & Edible Garden Workshops
We have been lucky enough to be included in Jude & Michel Fanton's tour of Vic, and they will be joining us to run a workshop on seed saving.
The Day will culminate in a viewing of 'our seeds' doco which they filmed around the globe over the past year and a half, and our regional seed swap.
More details will follow as they come to hand. but mark Sunday April 11th in your Diary.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Seed Savers Network Update II
We have arrived in
The
The lower slopes (1000 to 1500 metres = 3000 to 5000 feet) are being bulldozered, with valleys and hills alike fitted with poly-tunnels on very large terrraces, housing strawberry farms and temperate crops to feed equatorial cities such as Singapore, KL and even Japan. The workforce is supplied by low-waged Indonesians, Burmese, Nepalese and Bangladeshis.
Pesticide and hybrid seed sales booming, heavy machinery booming, construction of highrises (with thick rainforests in background) booming, investment companies booming, trucking companies working overtime.
An hour downhill toward
Meanwhile in ten days in
Wild tree bean eaten as snack (Parkia sp) is obviously leguminous seen on Malaysian Market today
Duku in aboundance in Malaysian highlands (Lansium domesticum) Piles of Durians in villages sold by orang Asli