November 7, 2015 – “All about variety: How to identify and save seed from locally adapted plants” featuring Ilana Stout, sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries, Kona (F.O.L.K.)
Topics will include:
● A brief history of seed in America
● The importance of and decline of varietal diversity
● The Seed Variety Selection Tool
● Basic Seed Saving Skills for easy to save seeds
Click here to view the flyer for this event.
Ilana Stout is a sustainability educator and an avid gardener. She teaches at Hawaii’i Community College and does outreach work for the Hawai’i Public Seed Initiative, a project of the Kohala Center. Ilana is also a Master’s degree candidate in the Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Program at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. Her research is using schoolbased community surveys and interviews with local seed keepers to identify heritage varieties of food and medicinal plants that were brought to Hawai’i during the plantation era.
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If you have any questions about this program, or would like to get involved
in the CSL project, please contact Natalie at 508.264.7335.