It’s time for the SeedSavers-KC people to reunite for our annual seed exchange. Yippee let the sharing begin!
Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 11 AM – 1 PM
Anita B Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
4750 Troost Ave, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Please bring your things to trade in individual labeled containers (envelopes, bags, jars, pots). Things you can trade are seeds, bulbs, cuttings, oils, tinctures, dried herbs, dried vegetables, ferment starters, fresh eggs, pickles, jams, jellies, garden/environmental, homestead books the options are numerous. Unsure if your product is allowed-contact dthrumc@sbcglobal.net to ask.
We are asking you to only take approximately the same amount of products that you bring. Bring 5, take 5. Bring 100, take 100. All products are sorted on the tables in categories-no one has their own area. No trading while we… are setting up. Everyone sorts/deposits their products when they arrive to designated locations.
There will be raffles and giveaways. There will be a table for magazines, business cards and flyers. Anyone wanting to hand out flyers at the door on businesses or events please contact for approval.
Does your business want to give a product or service to put in the raffles or giveaway drawings? Contact us! We will give you good coverage through our FB pages and at the event as a thank you for your support.
Please give a suggested $3-5 donation at the door to help cover costs. We are a 501 (c) (3) organization.
For the love of seeds! It’s that time of year again. Join us for our 8th Annual Seed Fair. This is a great place to meet people devoted to sustainability and biodiversity in our Kaw Valley region. Please bring your saved seeds or packaged seeds to share at our exchange tables. We typically have envelopes available but bringing your own is a great idea because we have run out in th past. Please bring containers or baggies to donate especially if you do not have seeds to share, it is much appreciated. Sharing is exactly what makes this event a great success every year!
Visit this event page as we update our vendor information and other exciting details. As this is a community-driven and organized event we rely on the community to get the word out. Please share this event and tell people about us. Volunteer the day of the event or before. Private message us on our main page to see how to get involved.
Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 9 AM - 3 PM
Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds
1930 Harper St, Lawrence, Kansas 66046
Check out this nice blog for info on how to prepare for a seed swap! http://seedswapday.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-prepare-for-attending-seed-swap.html?spref=tw&m=1
Have a fun time at the Lawrence Creates Makerspace, learn to make a tote bag from recycled T-shirts that would have otherwise been discarded, take one home, and help the Makerspace make a bunch more to sell at the KU Treasure Sale in a couple of weeks.
Come join the fun. We’ll have pizza and refreshments! There is no charge.
We’ll provide lots of t-shirts, but if you have a special old t-shirt you’d like to make a bag out of, bring it with you!
Sewing skills not required, but are appreciated. One of our members will bring her cool serger sewing machine, and might let you drive!
Please bring scissors if you have any!!
Sign up at: Facebook Event Link
Location: 512 E 9th St, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
August 16, 2016 6:30PM – 10:00PM
Thought you’d seen the worst of genetically engineered (GE) crops? Thought lawns are the worst squandering of potentially productive land? Thought the pesticide use on U.S. turf grass was high enough, at just under twice that used on crops? And thought that grass irrigation at ten times that used on crops was bad enough? Well, get ready for “Franken-grass”.
Despite a disastrous attempt in 1997 when Scotts partnered with Monsanto to create a Roundup resistant bent grass, Scotts is back at it again, this time with Kentucky bluegrass. The botched 1997 attempt resulted in pollen and seed from a test plot in Oregon escaping and growing uncontrollably, and efforts to kill it have failed. Speaking of their debacle, Scotts CEO, Jim Hagedorn, flippently said “You have 1,000 kids, 1 million kids. You can’t get them all back. Our stuff is in the wild.” But that isn’t stopping them from again endangering the environment or the rights of those of us who want to remain GE free. Throwing caution (and GE pollen) to the wind, Scotts is using unpatented gene research to mechanically implant genes, a process that falls outside of USDA regulatory authority. And because they can, they’re already doing field trials, in lawns of some of their employees. It again won’t take much for this GE grass to escape and infest neighboring farms’ hay fields, livestock pasture, and city garden plots. On top of that, GE grass will lead to an increased use of glyphosate (Roundup’s active chemical)
from:http://www.ecowatch.com/scotts-roundup-ready-gmo-grass-1915521468.html
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