International Peace Day

Why can't this be year round?  International Day of Peace is tomorrow on Sept. 21st.  In honor of this and throughout the rest of the fall, at every farmers market, around town, and hopefully New Moon, I'm going to be handing out free "seed saving" bunches of Quinoa with directions on how to dry and save.

A reminder from the very first post of this blog:

BIJA, the seed, means the source of life.  Saving seed is our duty; sharing seed is our culture.  Patents on seeds and genetic resources rob us of our birth right and deprive us of our livelihoods by transforming seed saving and seed sharing into intellectual property crimes...

The seed is starting to take shape as the site and symbol of freedom in the age of manipulation and monopoly of life.  The seed is not big and powerful, but can become alive as a sign of resistance and creativity in the smallest huts or gardens and the poorest families.  In smallness lies power.  The seed also embodies diversity...the freedom to stay alive...the freedom of diverse cultures from centralized control.  In the seed, ecological issues combine with social justice.
                excerpt from Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace

In Peace, I offer You the Mother Grain~Quinoa,