Community Seed & Plant Exchange LEARN SHARE GROW Saturday March 1st 2008 Noon – 6pm Kaua`i Community College Cafeteria Free event Donations gratefully accepted We invite you to bring the very best of your seeds, plant cuttings and plants to FREELY give or exchange with new and old friends, or simply join us for valuable workshops, networking and fun! Bring a POT LUCK dish to share too! Registration and set up 11:45-12:30pm (Please come early if you are bringing plants and seeds) Opening Ceremony begins at 12:45pm Nancy Redfeather 1–2pm Nancy is a well known teacher and organic gardener for 38 years. She is founder of Hawai’i SEED, the Hawai’i Island Seed Exchange, and a number of other active community-based groups. Nancy will be presenting a slide show and workshop entitled Hawaiʻi Island Seed Exchange–Reviving Community Food Self-Reliance, and will give an overview of agricultural seed today: where we have come from, where we are now, and how she built the Hawai'i Island Seed Exchange into a celebrated Big Island event now in its sixth year. Seed & Plant Exchange 2:15–4pm Craig Elevitch 4–5pm Craig has traveled extensively throughout Micronesia and Polynesia studying traditional agricultural systems and will describe how these systems can guide us to achieving local food and resource security in Hawai'i. He will be giving us a photo-rich presentation entitled One Year to Food Security–Pacifica Style. Visit Craig’s website at: http://www.agroforestry.net and check out his newest publication entitled Pathways to Abundant Gardens at http://www.agroforestry.net/abun Closing Blessing and Pot Luck 5pm \ A few guidelines on plant material: • Please help to malama the island, take care to bring only GMO-FREE, PEST-FREE, NON-INVASIVE seeds and plants to this event. The Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii has prepared a helpful list of plants to avoid cultivating in the Hawaiian islands due to their invasive habit and risk to our native ecosystems. Please consult it HERE when deciding which plants and seeds to bring to the exchange. Also check out the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project for a more comprehensive listing of weeds, pests, and diseases. Staff from the Kauai Invasive Species Committee and other volunteers will be on hand to help with invasive plant and pest identification. At the request of Kaua`i taro growers, taro will not be traded at this event. This is to avoid spread of the apple snail into new areas and so that we can devote more time and education on this sacred plant at a future event. To ensure that we do not inadvertently spread GMO-contaminated seed, please do not bring corn, soy, cotton, tobacco, or papaya that was grown on Kaua`i. All these plants are grown open-pollinated by the various GMO companies on Kaua`i. Seed from these species will be permitted if they were grown in non-GMO areas of the world. • We are limiting plants and plant cuttings to Kaua`i grown stock. Please do not bring plants directly obtained from off island. Such plants may harbor pests such as fire ant or coqui frog, and should be quarantined before disseminating throughout the island. Mahalo for your kokua! for more information call 808-652-4118 presented by GMO Free Kaua`i Regenerations Botanical Garden Hawaii SEED Kaua`i Essential Exchange for Plants and Seeds (KEEPS)

Community Seed & Plant Exchange

LEARN SHARE GROW

Saturday March 1st 2008

Noon – 6pm Kaua`i Community College Cafeteria

Free event

Donations gratefully accepted

We invite you to bring the very best of your seeds, plant cuttings and plants to FREELY give or exchange with new and old friends, or simply join us for valuable workshops, networking and fun!

Bring a POT LUCK dish to share too!

Registration and set up 11:45-12:30pm

(Please come early if you are bringing plants and seeds)

Opening Ceremony begins at 12:45pm

Nancy Redfeather 1–2pm Nancy is a well known teacher and organic gardener for 38 years. She is founder of Hawai’i SEED, the Hawai’i Island Seed Exchange, and a number of other active community-based groups. Nancy will be presenting a slide show and workshop entitled Hawaiʻi Island Seed Exchange–Reviving Community Food Self-Reliance, and will give an overview of agricultural seed today: where we have come from, where we are now, and how she built the Hawai'i Island Seed Exchange into a celebrated Big Island event now in its sixth year.

Seed & Plant Exchange 2:15–4pm

Craig Elevitch 4–5pm Craig has traveled extensively throughout Micronesia and Polynesia studying traditional agricultural systems and will describe how these systems can guide us to achieving local food and resource security in Hawai'i. He will be giving us a photo-rich presentation entitled One Year to Food Security–Pacifica Style.

Visit Craig’s website at: http://www.agroforestry.net and check out his newest publication entitled Pathways to Abundant Gardens at http://www.agroforestry.net/abun

Closing Blessing and Pot Luck 5pm

A few guidelines on plant material:

• Please help to malama the island, take care to bring only GMO-FREE, PEST-FREE, NON-INVASIVE seeds and plants to this event.

•The Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii has prepared a helpful list of plants to avoid cultivating in the Hawaiian islands due to their invasive habit and risk to our native ecosystems. Please consult it HERE when deciding which plants and seeds to bring to the exchange. Also check out the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project for a more comprehensive listing of weeds, pests, and diseases. Staff from the Kauai Invasive Species Committee and other volunteers will be on hand to help with invasive plant and pest identification.
•At the request of Kaua`i taro growers, taro will not be traded at this event. This is to avoid spread of the apple snail into new areas and so that we can devote more time and education on this sacred plant at a future event.
•To ensure that we do not inadvertently spread GMO-contaminated seed, please do not bring corn, soy, cotton, tobacco, or papaya that was grown on Kaua`i. All these plants are grown open-pollinated by the various GMO companies on Kaua`i. Seed from these species will be permitted if they were grown in non-GMO areas of the world.

• We are limiting plants and plant cuttings to Kaua`i grown stock. Please do not bring plants directly obtained from off island. Such plants may harbor pests such as fire ant or coqui frog, and should be quarantined before disseminating throughout the island.

Mahalo for your kokua!

for more information call 808-652-4118

presented by

GMO Free Kaua`i Regenerations Botanical Garden Hawaii SEED

Kaua`i Essential Exchange for Plants and Seeds (KEEPS)