California One Seed One Community

One Seed One Community aims to strengthen our community by providing
a shared experience in growing nutritious food and saving seeds.

California Seed Library Network is organizing a 2019 statewide California One Seed One Community project to grow out one endangered heirloom bean variety from seed to seed so that we can save enough seeds to share abundantly and preserve the
variety for future generations.

California Seed Libraries and other interested groups are invited to sign up for this project and engage their community members to Save a Row for Diversity.

A core group of seed librarians will be available to those who sign-up for questions and discussion
throughout the season - from planning, materials distribution, planting instructions, midseason
guidance, harvesting advice, and project wrap-up in the fall.

The endangered bean variety we selected from the Slow Food Ark of Taste for flavor as a fresh bean and as a dry bean is Cherokee Trail of Tears, a pole bean. Beans are one of the easiest seeds to save.

Together let’s:

• Educate our community to grow a bean from seed to seed

• Grow one variety as a commitment to earth and food security

• Inspire people to fall in love with a seed

• Save our heirloom seeds and share them

How will this project work?

For basic details of the One Seed One Community project:

http://seedlibraries.weebly.com/one-seed-one-community-project.html

Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans can be purchased at Seed Savers Exchange

https://www.seedsavers.org/cherokee-trail-of-tears-bean?custcol_sca_sizeweightqty=10

Each organization will be in charge of seed distribution and forwarding informational emails to their community.

Please respond to this email with your questions or readiness to sign up.

Silicon Valley has successfully run One Seed One Community for three years. The project was designed and managed by Seed Librarian and Master Gardener Hillie Salo . Let’s take it statewide!

Join us to encourage our community to save one seed together. More Seed Savers equals more Diversity! Click here to join.

Together:

Hillie Salo – Silicon Valley Grows
Sara McCamant – Community Seed Exchange
Elizabeth Johnson – SLO Seed Exchange
Rebecca Newburn – Richmond Grows

California One Seed One Community

One Seed One Community aims to strengthen our community by providing a shared experience in growing nutritious food and saving seeds.

California Seed Library Network is organizing a 2019 statewide California One Seed One Community project to grow out one endangered heirloom bean variety from seed to seed so that we can save enough seeds to share abundantly and preserve the variety for future generations.

A core group of seed librarians will be available to those who sign-up for questions and discussion throughout the season - from planning, materials distribution, planting instructions, midseason guidance, harvesting advice, and project wrap-up in the fall.

The endangered bean variety we selected from the Slow Food Ark of Taste for flavor as a fresh bean and as a dry bean is Cherokee Trail of Tears, a pole bean. Beans are one of the easiest seeds to save.

One Seed One Community aims to strengthen our community by providing
a shared experience in growing nutritious food and saving seeds.

California Seed Library Network is organizing a 2019 statewide California One Seed One Community project to grow out one endangered heirloom bean variety from seed to seed so that we can save enough seeds to share abundantly and preserve the
variety for future generations.

A core group of seed librarians will be available to those who sign-up for questions and discussion
throughout the season - from planning, materials distribution, planting instructions, midseason
guidance, harvesting advice, and project wrap-up in the fall.