Slow Seed
Below is a list of resources and references collected from speakers and participants of the 2021 Slow Seed Summit, happening now.
Book Recommendations Â
From Rowen White
Cultural Memory and Biodiversity, by Virginia NazereaÂ
Earth Emotion: New Words for a New World, by Glenn A. AlbrechtÂ
Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic, by MartĂn PrechtelÂ
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From Daniela Dutra ElliotÂ
Peppers of the Americas: the Remarkable Capsicums that Forever Changed Flavor, by Maricel PresillaÂ
The Cooking Gene: a Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South, Michael W. TwittyÂ
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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From summit participantsÂ
Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience, by Enrique SalmonÂ
Tending the Wild, by Kat AndersonÂ
The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature, by Sue Stuart-SmithÂ
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, by Sean ShermanÂ
The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell WrightÂ
The Earth Knows My Name Food Culture and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans, by Patricia KlindienstÂ
Seven Sisters: Ancient Seeds and Food Systems of the Wabanaki People and the Chesapeake Bay Region, by Fred WeismanÂ
Voice of the Dawn: An Autohistory of the Abenaki Nation, Fred WisemanÂ
Seed of Resistance: the Fight to Save Our Food Supply, by Mark SchapiroÂ
Things to listen to and watch
âMy Love Letters to the Jersey Tomatoâ (Podcast), by Jeff Quattrone
âTending Nature: Cultivating Native Foodways with the Cultural Conservancyâ (mini-doc)
âThe Native Seed Pod: an antidote to the monocultureâ (podcast series)
The Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition Presents: Celebrating Indigenous Women Chefs (Recorded webinar)
âKitazawa Seeds â Maya Shiroyama and Jim Ryugo on 100 years of selling Asian vegetable seedsâ, Delicious Revolution podcast
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Seed Saving/Seed Exchange
âSeed Swaps in the Time of Covidâ from Seed Sovereignty
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Second Generation Seeds (Asian heirloom seeds)
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Other Resources
âThe Lost Forest Gardens of Europeâ
âNew Project Aims to Revive Ozark Cuisineâ from Smithsonian Magazine
âKeeping seeds in our handsâ: the rise of seed activism, by Karine Peschard
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GE-Seeds and Intellectual Property Rights: organizations and other resources
âWhat is a GE Chile?â from Save New Mexico Seeds
Global Coalition of Open Source Seed Initiatives
Global Intellectual Property Issues, Third World Network
African Centre for BiodiversityÂ