Comments on: Why can’t every day be like Seedy Saturday?

By: Cross-pollination: good and bad « Slow Coast

Cross-pollination: good and bad « Slow Coast — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:24:21 +0000

[...] Seedy Saturday, the big blowout festival of all things growable, was this past weekend. I’ve written about it before, so I won’t say much except to underscore what a remarkable event it is. (Not that I’m an entirely unbiased observer, since I’m on the organizing committee, along with Helena Bird, Wendy Devlin, Christine Dudgeon, Julie Thorne, and Kevin Wilson. Thanks, all!) Everyone was in a good mood, swapping seeds, getting information, and catching up with friends and acquaintances. [...]

By: The trouble with growth is that it keeps growing « Slow Coast

The trouble with growth is that it keeps growing « Slow Coast — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:18 +0000

[...] have plenty of carefully-raised local seed to share with the community at next year’s Seedy Saturday. The Garden to Table workshop series being sponsored through the Community Resource Centre in [...]

By: The elements of resilience « Slow Coast

The elements of resilience « Slow Coast — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:17 +0000

[...] an earlier post, I talked a little bit about resilience and why I see this as an even more important goal than [...]

By: David Parkinson

David Parkinson — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:55:13 +0000

Thanks, Laura. I agree completely; the Open Air Market is another great community meeting-place. Something about events wrapped around food makes them almost fool-proof.

The low-cost meals available around town (e.g., Spaghetti Dinner, Fri. evening at the Four Square) are more examples of events that bring people out for social interaction around food, and they are wonderfully successful little subcultures, with many regular attendees and a real sense of community.

Another good one is the monthly packing day for the Good Food Box, which again has food at its core.

I hope we can find ways to keep creating opportunities for people to meet and exchange ideas and stories and find ways to work together. No community can ever have too much solidarity.

By: Laura Walz

Laura Walz — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:43:46 +0000

Nice post, David, well written with interesting ideas. When you describe more events like Seedy Saturday, I thought of the Open Air Market. It has many of the same qualities–a gathering that has a purpose at its roots. People go to the Open Air Market to purchase fresh, local and organic food, but while they are there, they engage in conversations, with old and new friends, vendors, acquaintances. I always leave with a spring in my step, as you describe, looking forward to preparing the delicious food I purchased. The Open Air Market is an important link in our community and I’m very appreciative of the volunteers, vendors and organizers who make it happen.

By: Fran

Fran — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:27:10 +0000

It really was a great event. Even the volunteers enjoy it, (Well I’m pretty sure we all do anyway !)
Now we’re all excited about planting so hurry up Spring.

By: Seedy Saturday IV a smashing success! « Powell River Food Security Project

Seedy Saturday IV a smashing success! « Powell River Food Security Project — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:17:10 +0000

[...] 16, 2009 in Seedy Saturday, food garden tour, seeds, workshop | by David Parkinson I just posted something about Seedy Saturday over at the new Slow Coast blog. That post is really about community development and about how [...]