[Seedgeeks] Deppe workshop correction and further details

[Nick Routledge]

> 
> Hi, Nick –
> 
> You gave the wrong date for my workshop.  So here’s the correction as
> well
> as some additional information.  Would you please pass it along to your
> seed
> friends?
> 
> Carol Deppe’s Workshop SEEDS FOR SURVIVAL will be on April 10.  It will
> be
> from 10am to 4:30pm, and will include two 2-hour sessions of
> presentation by
> me as well as two or more hours of discussion.  And lunch.  It’s part of
> a
> series of 1-day workshops sponsored by Harry MacCormack’s Institute of
> Biowisdom this spring.  Cost is $25/day.  Place is Sunbow Farm in
> Corvallis,
> Oregon.
> 
> I’ll be talking about all new material that’s going into a book I’m
> writing
> now on gardening and farming in hard times.  Some subjects will be:  How
> global warming, erratic/extreme weather, and climatic change are likely
> to
> impact our gardening here in the Pacific Northwest, and strategies for
> dealing with these.  What kinds of crops and varieties we will want to
> grow
> and preserve of those available?  What new varieties do we need?  Staple
> crops.  Turning ordinary crops into staples and growing more staples.
> Following in Buffalo Bird Woman’s footsteps and drying summer squash.
> Winter squash.  Beans.  Corn as a staple.  Growing, processing, and
> using
> flint and flour corns to make cornbread, johnnycakes, and polenta --
> from
> varieties to grinding and recipes.  Sweet corn as a staple.  Seed
> hoarding
> and seed saving, but rather more hoarding than saving.  Long-term
> storage of
> seed.  Seeds for survival – building a pocketful of seeds to help us
> survive
> the next 500 years.
> 
> All the Biowisdom workshops are described at www.sunbowfarm.org
> <http://www.sunbowfarm.org/> .  To register or for more information,
> contact
> Cheri Clark or Harry MacCormack, Institute of BioWisdom, 6910 SW
> Plymouth
> Dr., Corvallis OR 97333; or at 541-929-5782; or maccormack at earthlink.net
> <mailto:maccormack at earthlink.net> .
> 
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