Permaculture at The Oregon Country Fair

Seed Exchange at OCF - PLEASE SHARE X
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Marisha Auerbach

Dear Friends,
The time has come for the grand seed exchange at the Oregon Country Fair.  I will be hosting this event in Energy Park.  How fabulous to have a location for folks to bring their surplus treasured seed and exchange it with the divine seed that others bring to share.  I ask of your assistance to make this inaugural seed exchange a grand success. 

Since it is the first year that this will be featured at the fair, I am looking to get the word out and solicit donations ahead of time.  Do you have any seeds that you can donate for this booth?  Could you please spread the word throughout your networks far and wide? 

Thank you so much!  I appreciate your contributions to this glorious endeavor!
Marisha Auerbach
     


The Seed Exchange, Energy Park, Oregon Country Fair
July 9, 10, & 11

A seed exchange is a hub for generating community food security.  The diverse community at the Oregon Country fair represents unique microclimates from Cascadia and beyond.  Many of us already cherish heirloom seed varieties and grow them in our gardens year after year.  We are a new booth this year, offering free heirloom seeds and seedsaving information to the greater community. This booth holds the intention as a space for faire family to share and expand the surplus from our gardens as we provide a location for exchange of the diverse varieties of unique seed.    We offer a non-commercial grassroots way for people to learn how and have the supplies to save seed.

Background Statistics:  (Food insecurity means that these households were unsure of where their next meal is coming from)
    14.6% of households in the United States were classified as food insecure last year.
    13.1% of households in Oregon are classified as food insecure last year
    6.6% of households were classified as hungry, which means that they missed meals or need to make significant choices concerning food. 
    Oregon is among 5 states with the highest food insecurity rate.

Access to resources, such as seeds and information, could minimize some limiting factors for marginalized families.  Individuals who grow more food can share the surplus with their neighbors and local food banks. 

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Herb'n Wisdom
Queen Bee Flower Essences
www.herbnwisdom.com
www.wildthymefarm.com

"...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to
production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of
us do this, there is enough for everyone.

Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on
the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food
and shelter." - Bill Mollison