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Re: How do I start a community garden...?

In article <AUBskaLp8Xv0069yn@dorsai.org>,
David Gurzynski <dawyd@dorsai.org> wrote:
>In article <3b6dig$mf1@garlic.com>, g-man@garlic.com (g-man@garlic.com) wrote:
>There are two organizations in New York City; The Green Guerillas, and
>Operation Green Thumb, that you might want to get in touch with.
>
>Operation Greenthumb  49 Chambers St NY NY   (212)233-2926
>The Green Guerillas 625 Broadway NY NY 10012 (212) 674-8124
>
 Check out _Seasonal News_, a quarterly Community Supported Agriculture
Newsletter. Indian Line Farm, RR3, Box 85, Great Barrington, MA,  01230
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From: Louise_Mateos@smtp.esl.com (Louise Mateos)
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Subject: Re: Seed Savers Exchange?
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In article <2qut06$p2v@search01.news.aol.com>, brewtim@aol.com (BrewTim)
wrote:

> I like to interject on occasion and ask people to remember the corn blight
> about 8-10 years ago. A substantial amount of  corn grown for commercial use
> shared a few common genes which made them succeptible to the blight.
> Cross-breeding the corn offered resistant plants. What if the old corn seed
> with the blight resistant gene had been 'rejected' and gone extinct?
> 

The place in NM is call Seeds of Change.  They also have a book out called,
you guessed it, "Seeds of Change".  I'm about 1/4 through it--so far an
interesting read.  They describe some of the problems that have occurred in
the recent past due to loss of genetic diversity, including the corn blight
mentioned above.  I have yet to subscribe to SSE or get the Seeds of Change
catalog, but I'm getting more interested.  What I'd really like to know is,
what is the best reference for saving your own seed.  If I grow something
that is so fantastic, grows great in my garden conditions, etc., I'd like
to be able to save some of the seed myself so that I don't have to depend
on either the big seed suppliers or the heirloom savers.  Anyone out there
know of a good reference?
(I'll post a summary if I get significant input.)


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Louise Mateos