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01/27/2006
Coincidence Theory
I've been very coincidence prone lately - here's the latest one.
Ran Prieur recently had this comment to make to make in reference to a discussion about permaculture and systems of control:
"Think like Satan here: how do I keep these people under my thumb even when they're growing their own food? How about by patenting all life, so they're required to pay huge fees to garden..."
And now I just had my wife come in to the room waving a book at me that says:
"The safest place for rare varieties is in the hands of gardeners...But in Britain and Europe, it is now illegal to grow or sell seed varieties that are no longer regisitered - a process that costs considerable amounts of money"
I've long thought seed-saving was a political act but but now it turns out it's also an act of rebellion!
BTW The book is "Successful Organic Gardening" by David Murray (pg 92) but I don't recommend it too highly - the author thinks Permaculture is dodgy but GE is OK.
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I can't help but think of Carl Jung's ideas of synchronicity....
Posted by: Jason Godesky | 01/27/2006
OK, I had to look that up...
The first paragraph on the first page I found had this to say; "Synchronicities sometimes occur when people are in times of crisis or change, in love, engaged in highly creative work or on the verge of a breakdown.
oh dear, most of that sounds like my life at that moment :-)
http://www.fdavidpeat.com/ideas/synchronicity.htm
Posted by: Aaron | 01/27/2006
Association Kokapelli is attempting to diseminate open-pollinated seed in Europe. It was founded in 1999 after its predecessor Les Semances de Kokapelli was forced to shut down due to the draconian seed registration law. More info: http://www.seedysunday.org/telegraph.htm
http://www.kokopelli-seed-foundation.com/index.html
In the US the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa is the premier resource for heirloom seeds.
My first vist here, linked from deconsumption. Apologies if this information is not new.
Posted by: Dacelo | 01/30/2006
Nice work. Thanks. Just starting up a CSA from my farm this year. Trying to spread the words "Net Creativity".
Posted by: Dan | 01/31/2006
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