Our food forest is well on its way. We plan to use it as not only a means of feeding ourselves and our community but also as a living seed bank to ensure a sustainable source of seeds so that we may continue sharing. Now it’s time to start planning a community seed library. Hoping to restart the trend of saving seeds. We can all learn to save our own seeds and share with others. We plan to not only House the seeds but also to provide educational resources as well as classes showing proper steps to saving those seeds. Seeds “borrowed” from a seed library aren’t expected to be returned until the end of the growing season when plants have reached full maturity, hopefully saving and bringing back as many, if not more, than what was “borrowed.” This will hopefully not only bring the power back into the hands of farmers instead of big businesses but will also ensure genetic diversity, preserve flavor and nutrition, keep our unique varieties, connect us to our cultural heritage, developed strains unique to our climate, and not to mention, save farmers money. If you’d care to find out more about starting a seed library in your own community, I highly suggest this book by #CindyConner #growninhaiti #currentlyreading #seedsaving #seelibrary #seedbank #haiti #ayiti #sustainable #agriculture #community #openpollinated #organic #nogmo #nopesticide #noherbicide
