CAAH! Summer/Fall 2009 Newsletter!

Here is a link to see the new Fall 2009 newsletter.

Click here to see the .pdf newsletter.

We’re pleased to present Zachariah McCannon’s “Watch It Grow!”

This is Zachariah McCannon’s documentary that took 1st Place Prize at the 2009 Little Rock Film Festival in the Sustainable Alternatives Short Film Section.

End of Spring 2009 seed distribution

Our seed distribution is closed for the season until we can renew our surplus stocks. Future distribution may require requests to include mailing costs or we may hold distribution dates when people can search through surplus seed stock and select their own for free. Also, we would like to thank all those who attended the inaugural Faulkner County Seed Swap at the Faulkner County Library on Friday, April 3rd.

INAUGURAL FAULKNER COUNTY SEED SWAP AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS INITIATIVE

Co-sponsored by the UCA Sociology Department, AmeriCorps/Quality of Life council and the Faulkner County Supporters of Sustainable Communities (FCSSC), The Faulkner County Public Library will host the inaugural Faulkner County Seed Swap on April 3, 2009. Anyone may attend to trade and distribute open-pollinated (heirloom, old-timey) seeds of food crops, herbs, or ornamentals. We will follow the Seed Swap with a community discussion about ways to integrate gardening and local healthy foods into our schools and homes and then conclude the evening with a viewing of the groundbreaking film: Future of Food, which details the need to re-focus our lives around our community and the food we consume. You can come for just the Swap, the community discussion, or the film. We welcome anyone interested in these topics.

WHAT: Inaugural Faulkner County Seed Swap and Healthy Communities and Schools Initiative
WHEN: April 3, 2009, Seed Swap 5-6:15PM; Community Discussion 6:15-7; Film 7-8:30
WHERE: Faulkner County Public Library
WHO: University of Central Arkansas Sociology Department partnering with Americorps/Quality of
Life Council, the FCSSC and the Faulkner County Public Library
and of course — any interested farmers, gardeners and community members.
WHY: Arkansas farmers and gardeners have a legacy of heirloom seeds that are in danger of being lost,
and sharing of seeds will encourage production of diverse varieties for posterity and for more
sustainable living in the present.
HOW IT WORKS: Anyone can bring seeds to swap or share. Anyone can participate in the community
discussion about developing more community and school gardens in Faulkner County. We hope
to develop a network to foster a more community-based food system.
COST: None.

CAAH! 3minute Promo w/ 1st Annual Seed Swap Video by Conserving Arkansas’ Agricultural Heritage – MySpace Video

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CAAH! 3minute Promo w/ 1st Annual Seed Swap

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Second Annual Ozark Seed Swap

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS, CONWAY, ARKANSAS –Co-sponsored by the Ozark Folk Center State Park and the University of Central Arkansas, the Conserving Arkansas’s Agricultural Heritage (CAAH!) Project will host the second annual Ozark Seed Swap on February 21st, 2009 at the Ozark Folk Center State Park Bois D’ Arc Conference Center.  Last year was a huge success, with over one hundred seed savers in attendance and hundreds of heirloom varieties exchanging hands.  We are excited to invite you to bring some seeds and stories to swap with other Ozark seed savers and yarn spinners.  If you have no seeds to swap but want to get started, come along to mingle with gardeners and farmers who can help.  We can conserve the heritage of Arkansas while we share good stories, beautify our yards, and of course, get free seeds.  Refreshments and music (a pickin’) will be provided.

November 2008 * Winter Seed Banking on Vimeo

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CAAH seed bank

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