Comments on: Heritage wheat movement “godmother” advocates for communities that connect people, plant, and place http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/ ideas, practices, stories... for working together AND resolving challenges Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon Rempel http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Sharon Rempel Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:20:31 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-753 My foundation Keremeos 'Red Fife' is sold by Bernie Ehnes, http://www.ehnesorganic.com/faith-red-fife.html and he ships all kinds of grains around the world using the proper paperwork. No problem. The 'Blais' strain is around and certainly in the US but don't cheat the varieties that are a part of your regional wheat heritage. Check out the 4 USDA Wheat handbooks on http://www.seeds.ca/library/ and also Monika Spiller, Whole Grain Connection, 500 W. Middlefield Road #2 Mountain View CA 94043 Telephone: 650 938 2865 e-mail:barmbaker@aol.com >> www.sustainablegrains.org Monika is connected through the USDA to people growing and using heritage wheat. ALHFAM, the organization connecting living history sites can connect you to amazing local resources, too. Sharon www.grassrootsolutions.com My foundation Keremeos ‘Red Fife’ is sold by Bernie Ehnes, http://www.ehnesorganic.com/faith-red-fife.html and he ships all kinds of grains around the world using the proper paperwork. No problem.
The ‘Blais’ strain is around and certainly in the US but don’t cheat the varieties that are a part of your regional wheat heritage. Check out the 4 USDA Wheat handbooks on http://www.seeds.ca/library/ and also Monika Spiller, Whole Grain Connection, 500 W. Middlefield Road #2 Mountain View CA 94043 Telephone: 650 938 2865 e-mail:barmbaker@aol.com
>> http://www.sustainablegrains.org Monika is connected through the USDA to people growing and using heritage wheat. ALHFAM, the organization connecting living history sites can connect you to amazing local resources, too. Sharon http://www.grassrootsolutions.com

]]> By: Ben Ziegler http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Ben Ziegler Sun, 02 May 2010 17:43:33 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-394 Hi Anne, I asked Sharon Rempel and she wasn't sure if Red Fife is sold in USA. As she has many wheat/grain contacts in the USA, I suggest you contact her directly for more info (her contact info is listed on the Garden BC website - accessible through my post on Red Fife). Sorry I'm not more helpful! If I become aware of a specific USA distributor/grower I will let you know. Given its a grain, no doubt there are x-border issues. National borders are strange beasts! Hi Anne,
I asked Sharon Rempel and she wasn’t sure if Red Fife is sold in USA. As she has many wheat/grain contacts in the USA, I suggest you contact her directly for more info (her contact info is listed on the Garden BC website – accessible through my post on Red Fife). Sorry I’m not more helpful! If I become aware of a specific USA distributor/grower I will let you know. Given its a grain, no doubt there are x-border issues. National borders are strange beasts!

]]> By: Anne Schaible http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Anne Schaible Sun, 02 May 2010 05:34:31 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-392 Nice article, very informative. I would like to grow some Red Fife wheat. Can it be in the USA? Thanks, Anne Nice article, very informative. I would like to grow some Red Fife wheat. Can it be in the USA?
Thanks, Anne

]]> By: Ben Ziegler http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Ben Ziegler Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:31:25 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-306 Sharon, thank you. I'm humbled to think that I'm the first! (Actually, I think you're being overly generous with that assessment; at the very least Phil Vernon is in the know!). Hopefully, others are acting on your message, as I write, in their own communities. And yes, I will try fit in some fiddling here and there. Phil, Thanks for connecting here. I'm looking forward to catching your performance (including Red Fife!) later this month in Victoria. Sharon, thank you. I’m humbled to think that I’m the first! (Actually, I think you’re being overly generous with that assessment; at the very least Phil Vernon is in the know!). Hopefully, others are acting on your message, as I write, in their own communities. And yes, I will try fit in some fiddling here and there.

Phil, Thanks for connecting here. I’m looking forward to catching your performance (including Red Fife!) later this month in Victoria.

]]> By: sharon rempel http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-305 sharon rempel Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:56:04 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-305 Ben, you are the first writer to figure out that my work with Red Fife is a social and political statement. The 'system' that commoditizes people, seeds (eg. 'wheat') and land shows no respect for the diversity of life that is the true Abundance around us. When we can put 'variety' and 'farmer' identification back into food and when communities realize that they must have seeds that are adapted to their bioregions then 'food security' and 'peace' will be possible. When we can bring story, song and music back to the seasonal celebrations of life then we will be bringing 'culture back to agriculture' and 'folk back to food'. Keep playing your fiddle Ben and keep singing those great songs Phil! Sharon Ben, you are the first writer to figure out that my work with Red Fife is a social and political statement. The ‘system’ that commoditizes people, seeds (eg. ‘wheat’) and land shows no respect for the diversity of life that is the true Abundance around us. When we can put ‘variety’ and ‘farmer’ identification back into food and when communities realize that they must have seeds that are adapted to their bioregions then ‘food security’ and ‘peace’ will be possible.

When we can bring story, song and music back to the seasonal celebrations of life then we will be bringing ‘culture back to agriculture’ and ‘folk back to food’.

Keep playing your fiddle Ben and keep singing those great songs Phil! Sharon

]]> By: Phil http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Phil Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:01:25 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-302 Nice article, Ben. Thanks for mentioning the song. When I first heard about Red Fife and David Fife, I knew it was a good story, and was happy to write the song to support the work that Sharon and others are doing to strengthen food security at the (wheat)grassroots level! Nice article, Ben.
Thanks for mentioning the song. When I first heard about Red Fife and David Fife, I knew it was a good story, and was happy to write the song to support the work that Sharon and others are doing to strengthen food security at the (wheat)grassroots level!

]]> By: Ben Ziegler http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Ben Ziegler Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:53:39 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-300 Kare, thanks for your kind comments, and observations and insight. I like how you identify the potential of diversity, adaption, collaboration... vis-a-vis our "roiling economy and rootless culture". It makes me think that promoting "community" (albeit in a different form than 19th prairie towns) can really help address both the economy and culture challenges you speak of! Kare, thanks for your kind comments, and observations and insight. I like how you identify the potential of diversity, adaption, collaboration… vis-a-vis our “roiling economy and rootless culture”. It makes me think that promoting “community” (albeit in a different form than 19th prairie towns) can really help address both the economy and culture challenges you speak of!

]]> By: kare anderson http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/2010/01/06/building-communities-through-story-music-and-red-fife-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-298 kare anderson Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:10:37 +0000 http://www.collaborativejourneys.com/?p=3098#comment-298 What struck me beyond this captivating movement about which I knew nothing is that Red Fife has the trait ("genetic variability in the wheat, allowing it to adapt to a diversity of growing conditions") that us humans would do well to emulate in this roiling economy and sometimes rootless culture - the capacity to work + play well with people unlike us - sometime to collaborate to accomplish greater things together than we could alone - perhaps the most vital trait, other than one's top talent, in this increasingly connected world. Thank you for this most inspiring and practical post What struck me beyond this captivating movement about which I knew nothing is that Red Fife has the trait (“genetic variability in the wheat,
allowing it to adapt to a diversity of growing conditions”)
that us humans would do well to emulate in this roiling economy
and sometimes rootless culture – the capacity to work + play well with people unlike us –
sometime to collaborate to accomplish greater things together
than we could alone –
perhaps the most vital trait, other than one’s top talent,
in this increasingly connected world.
Thank you for this most inspiring and practical post

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