#seedshare

Thank you @theartwiiitch for sharing your seeds with us. The sorrel are growing and looking quite happy. Can’t wait to plant them out into the forest 🌱 ・・・ #growninhaiti #Sorrel #hibiscus #haiti #ayiti #seedsovereignty #foodsecurity #growth #nursery #plantaseed #organic #foodforest #agroforestry #diversity #variety #seedshare #thankyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CDift8SlmQZ/?igshid=k0to0acpwacy

As world governments pursue policies to secure food sources and humanitarian organizations work on the ground to deliver aid, there are individuals like @chefbjdennis are making a direct impact in solving the long term problem of food insecurity. Our soul and health has diminished in quality do to the over production of commodity crops. Improving agricultural biodiversity through sustainable practices may help alleviate food insecurity as well as soil erosion. Industrial agriculture relies solely on monocropping, in which one genetic type of crop is planted on large tracts of land, while sustainable farms frequently plant a genetically diverse array of both crop type and species. Monocropping increases crop susceptibility to both pests and diseases. Entire fields of corn dried up before even forming kernels this past season which is part of the reason some of my neighbors finally started to understand what I’ve been trying to explain to them these past few years. Enhancing biodiversity can protect communities from food insecurity associated with both crop loss and decreased yield. These seeds that @chefbjdennis collected during his travels are going directly to our seed garden so that we may produce more seeds to share with our community. Included are Trinidad Flint acorn, Mississippi Silver Hull Peas, Sea Island White Rice Peas, African White Sourghum, African Guinea Flint Corn, and Trinidad Hill Rice. I’m especially excited about the rice. It’s a variety that I grew up eating which has long since disappeared from our landscape. You can grow it like any other plant in your garden without the need to be planted in watery fields surrounded by dikes. Here in Haiti, it was called ‘diri solèy.’ @chefbjdennis, I thank you from the deepest corners of my heart 🙏🏽 #growninhaiti #chefbjdennis #foodsecurity #biodiversity #nogmos #nopesticides #noherbicides #seeds #seedshare #seedsaving #westAfrican #redrice #wildrice #trinidadhillrice #africanwhitesourghum #africanguineaflintcorn #mississipisilverhulledpeas #foodsovereignty #chef #thankyou https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRHJUVnUBf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w9rg82vc8le4

Freshly harvested sunflower seeds. Took my time selecting only the plumpest seeds to replant and smacked on the rest with Zozo 🌻 #growninhaiti #seeds #seedsave #sunflower #organic #nogmos #nopesticides #noherbicides #haiti #ayiti #fresh #gardengrown #harvest #seedshare #mountainlife #foodforest https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqcItEnyrb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cvx0pnmhh58u

Can’t help but smile whenever I look at a sunflower 😄🌻 #growninhaiti #sunflower #flowerpower #smile #happy #organic #garden #nogmos #nopesticides #seedgarden #locallyadapted #haiti #haiti #noherbicides #organic #plantedfromseed #seedshare #seedswap #forthebirds

Guess what just got planted in the seed garden @chefbjdennis. So excited to share these seeds! Known as Moruga Hill Rice, Trinidad Hill Rice or Upland Bearded Rice, it’s a variety of rice developed for dry cultivation for planting at elevation instead of water impoundments. The Merikans of Trinidad maintained this seed stock which was originally brought out of West Africa in 1789 by Captain Nathaniel Cutting and planted in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky in the first decades of the 19th century. I grew up eating this variety of rice and I’m so excited to have it back! #growninhaiti #trinidadhillrice #uplandbeardedrice #morugahillrice #haiti #ayiti #cultivation #propagation #seedgarden #seedshare #seedlibrary #locallyadapted #preservation #seedkeeper #heritage #heirloom #ancestral #rice #foodsecurity #nogmos #noherbicides #nopesricides https://www.instagram.com/p/Bngr7kQnxGi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tdayla16ys8h

Another season of African black millet growing from seeds shared by @chefbjdennis a couple years ago. I love how short these stalks grow. Gives a lot of leeway to grow other goodies around them. ・・・ #growninhaiti #africanblackmillet #seedshare #growth #anotherseason #haiti #ayiti #foodsecurity #seedswap #seedexchange #seedsovereignty #organic #nogmos #nopesticides #heirloom #openpollinated #homestead #foodforest #agroforestry https://www.instagram.com/p/BySd5PSFrku/?igshid=5u5te8eqyr2p

Congressional Seed-In Hosted by DCMJ (DC) April 2 2019 http://marijuanas.org/events/congressional-seed-in-hosted-by-dcmj-dc-april-2-2019/ #seedshare #seeds #dc #rickskunk #grower #marijuanaseeds #dcmj https://www.instagram.com/p/BvMmbU4BkNs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=139kj5tqgpnce