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Volkening, Tom. "Seed Savers Exchange." Journal of Agricultural & Food Information 7, no. 2-3 (2006): 3–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j108v07n02_02.
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Volkening, Tom. "Seeds with Stories: Seed Savers Exchange Revisited." Journal of Agricultural & Food Information 19, no. 2 (2018): 106–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2018.1441578.
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Lockyer, Joshua, and Shelby Baugh. "Applying Knowledge of Southern Seed Savers to Community-Based Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation Practice." Practicing Anthropology 42, no. 2 (2020): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552.42.2.24.
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Abstract This project investigated the characteristics, motivations, knowledge, and experiences of farmers and gardeners who are involved in growing, saving, and sharing open pollinated, heirloom seeds. The goal of the project was to help the Revitalizing Ozark-Ouachita Seed Traditions (ROOST) seed bank better understand the people who participate in the seed exchange events that ROOST participates in, sponsors, or organizes. We used participant-observation, interviewing, and a survey to gather our data. We selected nine seed savers from the ROOST database for in-depth interviews that we conducted in various places including homes, seed swaps, gardens, and greenhouses, and we followed this with a survey of a broader group of ROOST seed savers. This article analyzes data from this research and makes recommendations regarding how ROOST and other similar organizations can be better and more effective supporters and stewards of local agricultural biodiversity conservation networks.
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CURRY, HELEN ANNE. "From bean collection to seed bank: transformations in heirloom vegetable conservation, 1970–1985." BJHS Themes 4 (2019): 149–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/bjt.2019.2.
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AbstractIn 1975, the Missouri homesteaders Kent and Diane Ott Whealy launched True Seed Exchange (later Seed Savers Exchange), a network of ‘serious gardeners’ interested in growing and conserving heirloom and other hard-to-find plant varieties, especially vegetables. In its earliest years, the organization pursued its conservation mission through member-led exchange and cultivation, seeing members’ gardens and seed collections as the best means of ensuring that heirloom varieties remained both extant and available to growers. Beginning in 1981, however, Kent Whealy began to develop a central seed repository. As I discuss in this paper, the development of this central collection was motivated in part by concerns about the precariousness of very large individual collections, the maintenance of which was too demanding to entrust to most growers. Although state-run institutions were better positioned to take on large collections, they were nonetheless unsuitable stewards because they placed limits on access. For seed savers, loss of access to varieties via their accession into a state collection could be as much an ending for treasured collections as total physical loss, as it did not necessarily enable continued cultivation. As I show here, these imagined endings inspired the adoption of a new set of conservation practices that replicated those seen in the formal genetic conservation sector, including seed banking, cold storage and safety duplication.
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Whealy, Kent. "AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO GERMPLASM PRESERVATION." HortScience 25, no. 9 (1990): 1179f—1179. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.25.9.1179f.
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Seed Savers Exchange (SSE), founded in 1975, is a grassroots network of nearly 1,000 amateur growers who are working together to save heirloom vegetables and fruit varieties from extinction. In 1986 SSE purchased a 140-acre farm near Decorah, Iowa. Major projects either in place or under development at Heritage Farm include large Preservation Gardens where the seeds of 1,200 rare vegetables are multiplied each summer, Historic Apple Orchard of 600 old-time varieties, and endangered breeds of livestock and poultry. This talk will focus on the history and development of SSE, differences in the user groups serviced by the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) and SSE, the differing problems faced by both systems, and specific ways that NPGS and SSE can compliment each other's efforts.
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Fery, R. L., and J. A. Thies. "Evaluation of Scotch Bonnet and Habanero Peppers (Capsicum chinense) For Resistance to Southern Root-knot Nematodes." HortScience 31, no. 4 (1996): 621f—622. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.31.4.621f.
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Scotch Bonnet and Habanero peppers, extremely pungent cultivar classes of Capsicum chinense, are becoming popular in the United States. Since the southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) is a major pest of many C. annuum cultivars commonly grown in the United States, a series of greenhouse and field studies was conducted to determine whether Scotch Bonnet and Habanero peppers also are vulnerable to the pest. An effort was made to collect Scotch Bonnet and Habanero seeds from all available commercial and private sources. In an initial greenhouse test, a collection of 59 C. chinense accessions was evaluated for reaction to M. incognita (race 3). All accessions obtained from commercial sources were moderately susceptible or susceptible. However, four accessions obtained via Seed Savers Exchange listings exhibited high levels of resistance. Three of these accessions (identified by the seed sources as Yellow Scotch Bonnet, Jamaica Scotch Bonnet, and Red Habanero) were studied in subsequent greenhouse and field plantings, and each was confirmed to have a level of resistance similar to the level of resistance exhibited by the C. annuum cv. Mississippi Nemaheart. Each of the resistant lines has good fruit and yield characteristics. The two Scotch Bonnet accessions produce yellow, bonnet-shaped fruit. The Red Habanero accession does not produce the lantern-shaped fruit typical of Habanero cultivars; the fruit have a bonnet shape.
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Fery, Richard L., and Judy A. Thies. "Evaluation of Capsicum chinense Jacq. Cultigens for Resistance to the Southern Root-knot Nematode." HortScience 32, no. 5 (1997): 923–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.32.5.923.
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Scotch Bonnet and Habanero peppers, extremely pungent cultivar classes of Capsicum chinense Jacq., are increasing in popularity in the United States. Because the southern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood, is a major pest of many C. annuum cultivars, a series of greenhouse and field experiments was conducted to determine if Scotch Bonnet and Habanero peppers from available commercial and private sources also are vulnerable to the pest. In an initial greenhouse test, a collection of 59 C. chinense cultigens was evaluated for reaction to M. incognita race 3. All cultigens obtained from commercial sources were moderately susceptible or susceptible. However, four accessions obtained through Seed Savers Exchange listings exhibited high levels of resistance. Three of these cultigens (PA-353, PA-398, and PA-426) were studied in subsequent greenhouse and field plantings, and each was confirmed to have a level of resistance similar to that available in C. annuum. All three of the resistant cultigens are well-adapted and each is potentially useful in commercial production without further development. None of the Habanero cultigens was resistant to the southern root-knot nematode. The resistant Scotch Bonnet cultigens may serve as sources of resistance for development of root-knot nematode—resistant Habanero peppers.
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Thapa, Ranjita, and Matthew Blair. "Morphological Assessment of Cultivated and Wild Amaranth Species Diversity." Agronomy 8, no. 11 (2018): 272. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8110272.
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Amaranthus L. is genus of C4 dicotyledonous herbaceous plants comprising approximately 70 species, with three subgenera, which contains both cultivated and wild types, where cultivated ones are used for food grains, leafy vegetables, potential forages and ornamentals. Grain amaranth are pseudocereals from three species domesticated in North and South America and are notable for containing high amount of protein and minerals and balanced amino acid in their small seeds. Genetic diversity analysis of amaranths is important for development of core set of germplasm with widely diverse population and effective utilization of plant genetic resources. In this study, we evaluated a germplasm collection of 260 amaranth accessions from United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) and 33 accessions from Seed Savers’ Exchange (SSE). We evaluated morphological traits like blade pigmentation, blade shape, petiole pigmentation, branching index, flower color, stem color, inflorescence density, inflorescence shape, terminal inflorescence attitude, plant height and yield characteristics across all 293 accessions. We compared clustering within the USDA and SSE collection and across both collections. Data analysis of morphological data showed significant difference of petiole pigmentation, stem color, blade pigmentation, blade shape and flower color across different clusters of accessions of USDA unlike among different clusters of SSE where we found significant difference of only blade pigmentation, blade shape and flower color. The relationship depicted by neighbor-joining dendogram using the morphological markers was consistent with some but not all of the differences observed between species. Some divisions were found between cultivated and weedy amaranths that was substantiated by morphological characteristics but no separation of South and Central American species was observed. Substantial phenotypic plasticity limits the use of morphological analysis for phylogenetic analysis but does show that important morphological traits such as inflorescence type and plant architecture can cross species boundaries. Similarly, color variants for leaves, flowers and seeds are not exclusive to one cluster in our study nor to one species and can be used widely for breeding any of the cultigens, but not to species identification. Our findings will help in germplasm conservation of grain amaranths and facilitate in this crop’s improvement. It will also help on developing effective breeding programs involving different plant characteristics and morphological traits of Amaranths.
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Magby, Jonathan, Gayle M. Volk, Adam Henk, and Steve Miller. "Identification of Historic Homestead and Orchard Apple Cultivars in Wyoming." HortScience 54, no. 1 (2019): 8–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci13436-18.
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Thousands of apple trees were planted in Wyoming’s orchards and homesteads in the 1800s, many of which are still alive today. Unfortunately, cultivar identity of these trees has mostly been lost or obscured. The purpose of this research was to identify heritage apple cultivars in Wyoming using genetic fingerprinting (microsatellite) techniques and to use this information to make recommendations on candidate cold-hardy cultivars for specialty crop and breeding programs. Leaf samples were collected from 510 heritage apple trees from 91 sites in 19 locales across Wyoming. Known cultivars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)–National Plant Germplasm System, Seed Savers Exchange, and Washington State University apple collections were used as standards to determine cultivar identities. Overall, 328 (64%) of the previously unidentified apples trees were identified to 47 known cultivars. Fifteen of these known cultivars comprised more than 80% of the samples that were identified, with all 15 of those cultivars developed in states and countries with average temperatures or winter conditions similar to Wyoming. Seventy-one of the heritage trees were identified as the Wealthy cultivar. Other commonly identified cultivars were Haralson, Patten’s Greening, Yellow Transparent, Northwestern Greening, and McMahon. It is likely that a combination of popularity and cultivar origin affected the choice of cultivars that were grown in Wyoming. Although most original Wyoming heritage apple trees are reaching the end of their life span, many surviving trees continue to produce fruit. This strongly suggests that despite lower resistance to certain pathogens than many modern cultivars, these heritage trees should be considered for use today. The results provide insights into possible cultivars that could be grown in Wyoming and also in other states with similar harsh growing conditions.
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Miller, Ashley. "CHRISTINA ROSSETTI'S RADICAL OBJECTIVITY." Victorian Literature and Culture 46, no. 1 (2018): 143–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150317000365.
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For decades now, ChristinaRossetti's poetry has proven to be a rich vantage point from which to explore the complexity of Victorian attitudes toward the material world. This is certainly true of her most famous poem, “Goblin Market.” Deliciously steeped in the sensual experiences it simultaneously condemns, “Goblin Market” is a poem invested – ambiguously, for most critics – in the relationship between humans and material things: the things they buy, look at, feel, taste. This is a relationship we tend to consider in terms of commodity culture and economic exchange. And such a reading makes sense: Rossetti's poem, a tale of two sisters whose domesticity is disrupted by the tramp of mysterious goblin men selling fruit from unknown climes, grapples in many ways with these exact terms. Laura (who barters a lock of hair for the goblin fruit and then begins to waste away from an insatiable appetite) and Lizzie (who saves her sister by bringing home an antidote in the form of fruit juice, which she herself has refused to consume) seem to embody the potential dangers faced by the female consumer. Indeed, so much has been written about the relationship between women and consumer culture in “Goblin Market” that it nearly qualifies as its own subfield in Victorian studies.
Books on the topic "Seed Savers Exchange"
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Saving seeds, preserving taste: Heirloom seed savers in Appalachia. Ohio University Press, 2013.
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Best, Bill. Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia. Ohio University Press, 2013.
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Fish, Stanley. "Higher Education under Attack." In Save the World on Your Own Time. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195369021.003.0010.
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So I return in the end to my one-note song: if academics did only the job they are trained and paid to do— introduce students to disciplinary materials and equip them with the necessary analytic skills—criticism of the kind Maloney mounts would have no object, and the various watch-dog groups headed by David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes, and others would have to close shop. But even if this day were to arrive, the academy would not be home free because there would still be the problem I have alluded to but not fully addressed—the problem of money. Who is going to pay for the purified academic enterprise I celebrate in these pages? The unhappy fact is that the more my fellow academics obey the imperative always to academicize, the less they will have a claim to a skeptical public’s support. How do you sell to legislators, governors, trustees, donors, newspapers, etc., an academy that marches to its own drummer, an academy that asks of the subjects that petition for entry only that they be interesting, an academy unconcerned with the public yield of its activities, an academy that puts at the center of its operations the asking of questions for their own sake? How, that is, do you justify the enterprise? As I have already pointed out, you can’t, in part because the demand for justification never comes from the inside. The person who asks you to justify what you do is not saying, “tell me why you value the activity,” but “convince me that I should,” and if you respond in the spirit of that request, you will have exchanged your values for those of your inquisitor. It may seem paradoxical to say so, but any justification of the academy is always a denigration of it. The only honest thing to do when someone from the outside asks, “what use is this venture anyway?” is to answer “none whatsoever,” if by “use” is meant (as it always will be) of use to those with no investment in the obsessions internal to the profession.
Conference papers on the topic "Seed Savers Exchange"
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Over, Hans-Helmut, and Tauno Ojala. "The Web-Enabled Materials Database of the European Commission With Its XML Related Data Entry Part and Integrated Analysis Tools to Support GEN IV Nuclear Power Plant Development." In ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2008-61275.
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The development and verification of future GEN IV Reactor Systems is strongly related to materials data and correlated design codes. These systems are high temperature and/or corrosive media exposed. Expensive and extensive materials test programmes have to be launched because materials data which guarantee safe design does not yet exist for the selected materials. The costs of these extensive materials test programmes seem to be too high that they could be invested by one single GIF partner. Therefore a very important issue is data exchange between the partners to save costs and time. Within the web-enabled Mat-DB of JRC Petten an XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) related data entry part has been installed to ease exchange of experimental materials data. This XML structure will be presented in the following as an initiative to define an internationally agreed, standardised XML schema which can be integrated in the overall MatML schema. Furthermore integrated analysis routines are implemented in the Mat-DB data retrieval part. These tools allow extra- and interpolations to calculate strain limits which are the basis for calculating safety limits against creep failure. Those safety limits are necessary elements for establishing design codes of GEN IV Reactor Systems.