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By Scott Nicholson
The annual seed swap has a new location but the same local
variety, taking place in Valle Crucis on Thursday, March 26.
Photo by Scott Nicholson
From left, Rob Danford demonstrates
how to plant and grow garlic at the 2006 seed swap and
growers school.
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The free seed swap will be held in the Apple Barn in the lower-level
space that is home to the Appalachian State University Agro-Ecology
lab. The lab will be open from 8:30 a.m. through 6 p.m. All
growers, gardeners and seed savers are welcome to bring what
seeds they have to share and browse what others are swapping.
The seed swap is a rite of spring in which no one is required
to bring seeds to participate, with the idea that seeds sown
now will result in more seeds to share later. The event is held
in conjunction with the High Country Food Summit and participating
in the seed swap is free and open to the public.
Also in conjunction with the event will a special keynote presentation
that evening at 7 p.m. at Farthing Auditorium on the ASU campus
in Boone. Joel Salatin, a national figure in the sustainable-agriculture
and local-food movements, will present “Ballet in the Pasture,”
a theatrical performance mixing humor and food-system analysis.
Salatin says he defends small farms, local food systems, and
the “right to opt out of the conventional food paradigm.”
Salatin is a third-generation farmer from the Shenandoah Valley
in Virginia, where he works on the Polyface Farm. The farm has
been highlighted in national publications for its plant-animal
symbiosis.
Admission for “Ballet in the Pasture” is free and
presented by the Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program
at ASU, with support from Mazie Jones Levenson. For more information
on the events, call (828) 262-7248.
A Seedy Venture!
What: Annual Seed Swap
When: 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Thurs., March 26
Where: Apple Barn, Valle Crucis
Info: (828) 262-7248
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