11th Seed Library Summit - Feb. 2023
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10th Seed Library Summit - April 2021
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All previous summits were in person at the National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, California, USA. Photos for some years and notes for some years are missing.
Seed Summits over the Years
2019 - 9th Annual Seed Library Summit
Notes for general gathering not available. Here are the notes for Climate Adaptation Breakout group. Other breakout groups were how to start a seed library and stories. Those notes also aren't available.
Breakout session from 2019 summit. We had 3 breakout sessions: climate adaption, stories, and starting a seed library.
2018 - 8th Annual Seed Library Summit
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From left to right: Sara McCamant & Jason Welch (Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol, California), Rebecca Newburn (Richmond Grows, Calif.), Justin Hernandez (Pima County, AZ)
2017 - 7th Annual Seed Library Summit
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Sitting on ground: Hillie Salo (Silicon Valley Grows). First row chairs left to right: Marilyn (Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol, Calif.), Matt Drewno (Victory Peace Seed, Mendocino, Calif.), Sara McCamant (Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol), Rebecca Newburn (Richmond Grows, Richmond, Calif.), Pat Sobrero (Round Valley Seed Library, Covelo, Calif.). Standing left to right: ?, Sondra Bierre (SeedShare, Pleasanton, Calif.), Jason Welch (Community Seed Exchange), Liz Brown (CSE), Elizabeth Johnson (SLO Seed Exchange, San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Kay Everts (Seeds for Sharing, Oak Grove, OR), Lori Bennett (OR), Joel Lippert (Truckee Meadows Seed Alliance), ?, man in back with wide brimmed hat ?, ?, David King (SLOLA, LA). Attendees may be some of the unknown: Sarah Wesley (Petra's Patch, Sacramento, Calif.), Dov Rabinowitz (Encinitas, Calif.), Laura Schatzberg (Community Seed Share at Coastal Library, Point Arena, Calif.), Carole Poma (Fort Braggs, Calif.), Ryan Boone (Seeds of Woodland, Woodland, Calif.), Camilla Beckett (film director, "The Seeds of Vandana Shiva")
Sitting on ground (left to right): John Torgrimson (Seed Savers Exchange, ED), ?, Carrie Bennett (BASIL, Berkeley, Calif. - black top holding sign), Hillie Salo (Silicon Valley Grows), Azita Banu (Seed Library of Los Angelos, with dog). First row: ?, Neil Thapar (Attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center), Rebecca Newburn (Richmond Grows, Calif.), Carrie (was SLOLA moved to Portland), ?, Scott Chaskey (author, Seedtime), Betty Samuelson (Common Soil, Omaha, NE), Sara McCamant (Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol, Calif.), Ken Greene (Hudson Valley Seed Library, NY), ?, ?. Standing first row: David Cleveland (Human Ecologist, UC Santa Barbara, Calif.), ?, Liz Brown (purple top, Community Seed Exchange), Jen Lyon (grey sleeveless, Yokayo Seed Library, Ukiah, Calif.), Elizabeth Baker (Fairfax, Calif.), Doug Ricketson (hat & beard, BASIL), Sandra Stewart (green dress, Hayward Seed Library, Hayward, Calif.), Pat Sobrero (slightly behind Sandra - Round Valley Seed Library, Covelo, Calif.), Mika Valois (Hayward), Irene Beebe (Hayward). Back row left to right: Daniela Soleri (Research Scientist, UC Santa Barbara, Calif.), ?, Kelly Wilson (red top, Pima County Seed Library, Pima, AZ, Laura Maher (behind Kelly - Camarillo Seed Library), ?, David King (Seed Library of Los Angelos), ?, ?, Wes Roe (Santa Barbara Permaculture Network - khaki top), black top in back?. The 4 men in the far right in the back: Tom Panas (glasses, El Cerrito Seed Library, Christopher Shein (orange top & cap, founder of BASIL, Berkeley), green cap?, Grant Olson (Seed Savers Exchange). Other participants (may be some of the unnamed): Camille Beckett (film producer, "Seeds of Vandana Shiva", Leslie Goldman (Enchanted Garden, San Diego), Jim O'Laughling (LAVGC Seed Share, Pleasanton, Calif.), Gail Dammuller (Yokayo Seed Library), Charlotte Dove (London Freedom Seed Bank, London, UK), Tatille Jackson (BASIL), Cynthia Clark & Emily Weak (Mountain View Seed Library, Calif.), Meliisa Keller (Williams, OR), Lucas Giese, Kit Grizzle, Sue Middagh, James Hosley (BASIL), Russ Hanley (BASIL), Joan Bosque, Sandy Rowley (Beyond Pesticides), Lisa Russell, Emily Bryant, Jonathan McCormick, Brandon, Cassidy
1st Annual Summit - 2011
Attendees starting at person speaking going clockwise: K Green (Hudson Valley Seed Library - Now, HVS Company), Jared Zystro (Organic Seed Alliance, author and Research & Education Co-director), Media (SPROUT Library, Bolinas, Calif.), Benja Fahrer (Permaculture Educator), Bill McDorman (Native Seeds/SEARCH, ED), Belle Starr (Native Seeds/SEARCH, Co-ED), ?. ?, women in red sweater was from a seed company - Southern Exchange?, ? (some of these folks are from Seed Library of Los Angelos, SLOLA), Sorrel (SeedFolks Seed Library, Oakland, taupe colored top). ?, ?, Patrick O'Connor (BASIL, Berkeley, CA), LeeAnn Hill (Southwest, USA), Sara McCamant (Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol, Calif.), Yeti (Community Seed Exchange), John Valenzuela (California Rare Fruit Growers, Golden Gate Chapter, President), Rebecca Newburn (Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library, Richmond, CA)
