Saving Our Seeds . . . .

Why Saving Our Seeds Matters
Saturday, March 2, 10-11am
Brought to you by the Wylde Center and Park Pride, join Ira Wallace, from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and learn why is it important for gardeners to save seeds. GMOs, seed industry consolidation, and lost seed-saving skills threaten the very basis of organic agriculture. Learn more about what is happening and how you can fight back with your garden, your votes, and your dollars. Join Ira, the Wylde Center, and Park Pride at the Oakhurst Garden for a Free Seed Swap Potluck with Seed Saving Demo right after the presentation at 11:30am.If it is raining we will have the seed swap at the Decatur Library. Click here to RSVP for SEED SWAP

Ira Wallace lives and gardens at Acorn Community Farm, home of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange , where she coordinates variety selection and seed growers. Southern Exposure offers 700+ varieties of non-GMO, open-pollinated, and organic seeds. Ira is a co-organizer of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello . She serves on the board of the Organic Seed Alliance and is a frequent presenter at the Mother Earth News Fairs and many other events throughout the Southeast. Her first book, The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, will be available in late 2013.