Winter Educational Series #2: SEED Saving Evening

Winter Educational Series #2: SEED Saving Evening
2/22/2018    
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Halcyon Grange Hall
1157 Pleasant St., Blue Hill, ME, 04614

Halcyon Grange will host an evening dedicated to seed saving on Thursday, February 22nd.
4:30 pm: Family friendly seed sensorium and dispersal
5:30 pm: Soup’s on. Family meal with soups and homemade breads, mac ‘n cheese
6:00: Film screening of SEED the Untold Story followed by a discussion led by Lee Lee, founder of The SEED Barn.

We’ll begin at 4:30 p with stories and hands-on activities bridging art and science for children with a seed sensorium engaging all the senses in learning about the remarkable world of seeds.

At 5:30 pm, we’ll serve seed-inspired stew, soup, and homemade mac ‘n cheese.

At 6:00 pm, we’ll show the film SEED: The Untold Story, a documentary that follows passionate seed keepers who are protecting a 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed diversity has disappeared. A cadre of 10 agrichemical companies, including Syngenta, Bayer, and Monsanto, control over two-thirds of the global seed market, reaping unprecedented profits. Farmers and others battle to defend the future of our food.

Following the film will be a discussion led by Lee Lee, founder of The SEED Barn in Blue Hill. Lee Lee founded the SEED Barn as a community centered art space that includes demonstration gardens, SEED Sensorium, reference library, seed library and acts as an incubator on creative dissemination methods. Drawing inspiration from the Slow Food approach to activism expressed around a shared table, Lee Lee has initiated The SEED Barn as a platform for cultivating a local network of seed stewards that include trust lands, farms, regional schools, public libraries and private land holders. She is also instigating a parallel project in Haiti, which shares a dual focus of heirloom preservation and wildland restoration.

Free event. Donations accepted. Family friendly, all are welcome.
1157 Pleasant St. Blue Hill. For more info, contact: Lee Lee 374-2947 or Bonnie 374-3636.

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