Thu, 16/09/2010 – Jude Fanton
Clearly written and beautifully illlustrated, this 70 page book is a practical guide for saving seeds in the villages of the Pacific. We provide it gratis as a pdf here as it is out of print. UPDDATE 07/2014: Available from our Tools and Resources
The book was written in 2002 by Emma Stone, one of Seed Savers’ former interns, and encapsulates the training we provided to her in the late 1990s and to various staff of Planting Material Network in The Solomon Islands.
Published by The Planting Material Network / Kastom Gaden Association in Honiara, Solomon Islands with support from AusAID, EU Microprojects Program and The Seed Savers’ Network. Ask permission from Kastom Gaden Association for use of this pdf.
Community Seed Saving book for the Pacific available free as pdf
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