12/13/2024
Matt Drewno of Victory Gardens for Peace shared this message with so many resources to check out!:
"Here are a few updates I wanted to send your way with things happening now and moving into the new year. Most urgent, is that our fundraiser for transitioning the community seed collection into earthquake proof jars is ending in 4 days and we are only $155 from our goal, if you know anyone who would be interested in helping keep our community seeds safe, please share!
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Victory Gardens for Peace Community Seed Bank Fundraiser
THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE DONATED!
We are $155 from reaching our goal and have only 4 days left! If we can hit our goal we will be transitioning all jars into earthquake proof, food grade containers. That good shake we had last week knocked several jars from the shelves, but we were lucky to escape any major damage. These shatterproof jars will also help us mobilize the seed bank in the case of emergency, and also to travel and distribute free seeds and educational materials to farmers markets, schools, community gardens and other fun events! The fundraiser ends at midnight on the 14th, 4 days from now, every little bit helps, please feel free to pass this link along to anyone you think may wish to help! Here is the link:
VGFP Seed Bank Fundraiser
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2 Free Seed Cleaning Workshops on Saturdays February 1st and 8th at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
No need to register, just come! We will have 3 sets of seed cleaning screens and will be giving demos on cleaning a wide variety of heirloom, organic flowers, herbs, vegetables and grains. If you saved seed this year, feel free to bring them. You can contribute seed to the seed bank anytime, but this is a great opportunity to share with the community- and of course, you can use our screens and get some guidance helping clean them as well. We will provide instruction and a brief ~30 minute presentation on seed cleaning, storage and preservation. We will meet in the farmhouse- if you need more information, just email me.
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2-Day Heirloom Seed Saving Workshop at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: January 25-26th 10:00AM-3:00PM
Matt will be teaching a 2-day intensive workshop covering all aspects of saving heirloom seeds here on the coast. Heirloom herbs, flowers and vegetables are varieties developed by generations of seed savers that are uniquely adapted for their unique characteristics and form the backbone of sustainable agriculture- they are also precious resources for our future. Come join us and share in the learning of how we can become better seed savers and stewards of our seed saving heritage!
Register here!
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Spring Sustainable Vegetable and Fruit Production Course at Mendocino Community College, Scholarships available!
We are wrapping up the fall course this week and already looking forward for the spring semester at the college. Classes run Fridays from 9:00AM-1:20PM January-May. We spend the first hour discussing the topic of the day and then migrate over to the Victory Garden to get our hands dirty. We cover all aspects of spring and main season vegetable and fruit production for the garden and small farm. I hope you can join us! You can register here, the course is AGR-181 and of course, feel free to email me if you have any questions! A dear friend and graduate of the course has offered 3 full scholarships to support anyone you know who may be interested! So please contact me if you are interested- these are privately funded and not through the college.
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Ecology Actions 8-Month Online Biointensive Farming Internship
Join Matt and Ecology Action Director and author of How to Grow More Vegetables, John Jeavons for an in-depth and fascinating internship on growing soil, food, seed and community with the biointensive method of agriculture. John brings over 50 years of experience in sustainable production. The course brings students from around the world to share their experiences and learning in this important technique. More information and registration here!
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Free Seeds!
And as always! If youd like to contribute some of your saved seeds to the seed bank, let me know or drop them by our seed bank at the Stanford Inn in Mendocino. If you'd like to access the seed bank for your spring seeds or late-winter cover crops, here is a link, the passcode is: saveseeds!"
