Teresa Doyle - Seeds for a Song

Resources

What follows are a number of articles gleaned from the web, starting with the good news, the miraclous grain amaranth and moving on to the more sinister corporate piracy of our worldwide food supply by a few large multi-national chemical companies.

Grain Amaranth

Grain amaranth is a wonderful plant to grow. Aside from being an attractive plant, it is extremely adaptable to adverse growing conditions. It resists heat and drought, has no major disease problems, and is among the easiest of plants to grow. Simply scratch the soil, plant some seeds, water and you will be rewarded by these lovely plants. It can be cooked as a cereal, ground into flour, popped like popcorn, sprouted or toasted. Red amaranth was used by the Aztecs as part of religious worship. When the Spanish arrived in Central America intent on spreading Christianity, they felt that by outlawing some of the iconography it would be easier to convert natives. Because of this some species almost became extinct. Luckily the plant is regaining popularity. With its high protein content and high yields this is a good thing. One seed can produce a plant that yields hundreds of thousands of seeds!

Click here for more information on the amaranth.

Activism and Information Resources

Criminalizing Organic and Home Growers : Health Freedom Alliance
HR 875 The food police, criminalizing organic farming and the backyard gardener, and violation of the 10th amendment.

BC Seeds - Monsanto Exposé
Review of the documentary "The World According to Monsanto: From dioxin to genetically modified crops. A multinational with your best interests at heart." A film by Marie-Monique Robin.

OpEdNews - The criminalization of seed banking: hidden inside Monsanto "food safety" bills
We are facing a catastrophe to the environment, to farming, to food, to health, if the bogus "food safety bills" currently in Congress go through.

Independent Weekly - The seeds of vegetable diversity
Trends in the seed industry have sustainable agriculture advocates worried that a growing portion of seed heritage may come under private ownership.

Seed and Gardening Resources

Green Living Tips - Heirloom and Heritage Seeds
Tastier fruit and vegetables with heritage and heirloom seeds.

Seeds of Diversity Canada
Canada's Heritage Seed Program preserving varieties of seeds from rare and unusual garden plants in a living gene bank.

Heritage and Heirloom Seed Catalog for Organic Gardeners
The Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada is a project that grew out of Salt…Salt Spring Seeds Heritage and Heirloom Organic Seed Catalogue. (Last year I planted their one mile diet!)

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - 1275 Heirloom Seed Varieties!
We offer America's largest selection of heirloom seeds for the heritage gardener Heirloom vegetable, flower and herb seeds from 70 countries!

Heritage Seed Library
Details of UK's premier organic vegetable seed bank that aims to conserve and make available vegetable varieties that have been dropped from popular seed.


	Resources What follows are a number of articles gleaned from the web, starting with the good news, the miraclous grain amaranth and moving on to the more sinister corporate piracy of our worldwide food supply by a few large multi-national chemical companies. Grain Amaranth Grain amaranth is a wonderful plant to grow. Aside from being an attractive plant, it is extremely adaptable to adverse growing conditions. It resists heat and drought, has no major disease problems, and is among the easiest of plants to grow. Simply scratch the soil, plant some seeds, water and you will be rewarded by these lovely plants. It can be cooked as a cereal, ground into flour, popped like popcorn, sprouted or toasted. Red amaranth was used by the Aztecs as part of religious worship. When the Spanish arrived in Central America intent on spreading Christianity, they felt that by outlawing some of the iconography it would be easier to convert natives. Because of this some species almost became extinct. Luckily the plant is regaining popularity. With its high protein content and high yields this is a good thing. One seed can produce a plant that yields hundreds of thousands of seeds! Click here for more information on the amaranth. Activism and Information Resources Criminalizing Organic and Home Growers : Health Freedom Alliance HR 875 The food police, criminalizing organic farming and the backyard gardener, and violation of the 10th amendment. BC Seeds - Monsanto Exposé Review of the documentary "The World According to Monsanto: From dioxin to genetically modified crops. A multinational with your best interests at heart." A film by Marie-Monique Robin. OpEdNews - The criminalization of seed banking: hidden inside Monsanto "food safety" bills We are facing a catastrophe to the environment, to farming, to food, to health, if the bogus "food safety bills" currently in Congress go through. Independent Weekly - The seeds of vegetable diversity Trends in the seed industry have sustainable agriculture advocates worried that a growing portion of seed heritage may come under private ownership. Seed and Gardening Resources Green Living Tips - Heirloom and Heritage Seeds Tastier fruit and vegetables with heritage and heirloom seeds. Seeds of Diversity Canada Canada's Heritage Seed Program preserving varieties of seeds from rare and unusual garden plants in a living gene bank. Heritage and Heirloom Seed Catalog for Organic Gardeners The Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada is a project that grew out of Salt…Salt Spring Seeds Heritage and Heirloom Organic Seed Catalogue. (Last year I planted their one mile diet!) Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - 1275 Heirloom Seed Varieties! We offer America's largest selection of heirloom seeds for the heritage gardener Heirloom vegetable, flower and herb seeds from 70 countries! Heritage Seed Library Details of UK's premier organic vegetable seed bank that aims to conserve and make available vegetable varieties that have been dropped from popular seed. Intro Letter Intro Letter (PDF) Project Goals Buy "Dance Me Outside" Seeds Saving 101 Resources March 2010 Update Teresa currently has free kale and heritage mixed bean seeds to give away. Anyone interested in having some of these seeds sent to them can contact teresa@teresadoyle.com. Support Seeds for a Song We encourage you to support our project by purchasing "Dance Me Outside" from iTunes. For more information please read about our Project Goals.