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SUMMARY:*BC Seeds Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Like no other agricultural gathering in BC, this event wil
 l bring together an incredible roster of experienced, dedicated indivi
 duals committed to focusing locally and connecting nationally to prote
 ct the culture, history and future of seeds in our world.\nSmall-scale
  seed growers, community leaders, seed networks and young urban farmer
 s from across BC will bring their seeds to clean, will learn and share
  experiences and launch the BC Eco Seeds producer cooperative. Togethe
 r we will decide how we can improve the quality, quantity and diversit
 y of locally grown seed.\nKnowledge Keepers Long Table- Hosted by Dan 
 Jason, Salt Spring Seed: including Mary Alice Johnson-Full Circle Seed
 , Jon Alcock-Sunshine Seed, Barb and Lorne Ebell-Nanoose Edibles, Moja
 ve Kaplan-Planting Seed Project, Robear LaBaron-Elderfield Farm and Wo
 lverine.\n\nWorkshops include:\nThe Power of Pulses - Dan Jason: growi
 ng, eating and saving the world with dried peas, bean, lentil favas an
 d chick peas. Principles in biology and genetics for seed producers wi
 th: Laurie McKenzie (Organic Seed Alliance) and Andrew Riseman (UBC)\n
 Sowing the Seeds of Transformation with Sharon Jinkerson-Brass (White 
 Thunderbird Woman)\nSeed Quality Assurance Roundtable with Brian Campb
 ell (West Coast Seeds), Patrick Steiner (Stellar Seeds) and Andrew Ris
 eman (UBC)\nCommunity Access to Seeds: Libraries & Banks - Roundtable:
  including Erika Simms (Richmond Food Security Society), Ross Moster (
 Village Vancouver), Matthew Kemshaw (Lifecycles) and a host of others.
 \nWe are delighted to announce that Jan Stomp, President of the Nation
 al Farmer’s Union (NFU) will be conducting a workshop on “Seed Fre
 edom” Saturday afternoon.\n\nFor the full program go to: www.farmfol
 kcityfolk.ca. If it's financially challenging for you to go, there are
  a few subsidies available. (Please contact Heather Pritchard: sustain
 @farmfolkcityfolk.ca.)\n\nOrganized by Farm Folk City Folk and Kwantle
 n Poltyechnic University.\nSponsored by Salt Spring Seed Sanctuary and
  West Coast Seeds, with generous support from USC Canada, the Bauta Fa
 mily Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, Slow Food Vancouver, and Vi
 llage Vancouver.\n\nNote: Village will be displaying of several of our
  Seed Libraries at the Gathering, including 6 new designs recently bui
 lt for us by students from Emily Carr's ecoTANK (Thinking about Nature
 's Knowledge) industrial design studio.\n\nIf you'd like to opt out of
  event invitations or other types of messages from the Village Vancouv
 er website, visit your email settings page here: http://www.villagevan
 couver.ca/profiles/profile/emailSettings.\n\nFor more information visi
 t http://villagevancouver.org/events/bc-seed-gathering
DTSTART:20141115T003000Z
DTEND:20141116T213000Z
CATEGORIES:richmond, seeds, "seed saving", "seed sovereignty", confere
 nce, workshops, "seed libraries", "community resilience"
LOCATION:Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond Campus
WEBSITE:http://www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca/events/bcseeds2014/
URL:http://www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca/events/bcseeds2014/
CONTACT:registration info: http://www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca/events/bcsee
 ds2014/
ORGANIZER:Farm Folk City Folk and Kwantlen Poltyechnic University
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos
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