Comments on: Seed lending library http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Omaha Public Library http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667465 Omaha Public Library Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667465 Omaha Public Library is "opening" a seed library, as well. So far the idea has been met with tremendous response; we hope it's as successful once it's put into action! Welcome to the new wave of lending. Omaha Public Library is “opening” a seed library, as well. So far the idea has been met with tremendous response; we hope it’s as successful once it’s put into action!

Welcome to the new wave of lending.

]]> By: kringlebertfistyebuns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667357 kringlebertfistyebuns Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667357 This could certainly be a source for some interesting home-brewed crossbreeds.  Go ahead and deposit the seeds of that sweet bell pepper you grew next to the habaneros!    The lulz...oh, the lulz. This could certainly be a source for some interesting home-brewed crossbreeds.  Go ahead and deposit the seeds of that sweet bell pepper you grew next to the habaneros!    The lulz…oh, the lulz.

]]> By: Christopher Lindley http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667280 Christopher Lindley Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667280  We should be working on open source genetics.  We should be working on open source genetics.

]]> By: Sasha K-S http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667272 Sasha K-S Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667272 I give this about two years before Monsanto shuts it down, then sues the library into bankruptcy, repossesses the building, bulldozes it, salts the field, and sends some corporate lawyers out to take smelly shits on the property, which, being owned my monsanto, the nearby community members who have to smell it will be legally barred from cleaning up. I give this about two years before Monsanto shuts it down, then sues the library into bankruptcy, repossesses the building, bulldozes it, salts the field, and sends some corporate lawyers out to take smelly shits on the property, which, being owned my monsanto, the nearby community members who have to smell it will be legally barred from cleaning up.

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667115 Xof Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667115 Works for me! Works for me!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667113 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667113 And label them Ma-Po Heritage Soybeans? And label them Ma-Po Heritage Soybeans?

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667112 Xof Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667112 I was just thinking that getting some Roundup-Ready soybeans into that system would be fun. :) I was just thinking that getting some Roundup-Ready soybeans into that system would be fun. :)

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667059 teapot Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667059 There are places on the internet that do this with more useful/fun seeds and growing materials. Also: Fruit/Vegetable breeding is not GM. There are places on the internet that do this with more useful/fun seeds and growing materials.

Also: Fruit/Vegetable breeding is not GM.

]]> By: davidgervais http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1667050 davidgervais Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1667050 From Vancouver, BC.  I was at "Seedy Saturday" last weekend at a local public garden.  In general, the food seeds on offer were open pollinated, organic, heritage varieties.  There were no "patented" varieties although there were some F1 hybrids on display.  Flower seeds were mostly native or heritage varieties. There was also a seed exchange table.   I think there very little danger of the Monsanto-ization of a public seed sharing facility of any type. From Vancouver, BC. 
I was at “Seedy Saturday” last weekend at a local public garden.  In general, the food seeds on offer were open pollinated, organic, heritage varieties.  There were no “patented” varieties although there were some F1 hybrids on display. 

Flower seeds were mostly native or heritage varieties.
There was also a seed exchange table.  

I think there very little danger of the Monsanto-ization of a public seed sharing facility of any type.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1666990 SamSam Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1666990 One nice thing about some seed banks I've seen (and maybe that you've posted here) is that they stress you do <i>not</i> need to return with seeds next year. It's nice if you do, of course, but they don't want to dissuade people who are scared that they won't be able to grow things and won't be able to give the seeds back. One nice thing about some seed banks I’ve seen (and maybe that you’ve posted here) is that they stress you do not need to return with seeds next year. It’s nice if you do, of course, but they don’t want to dissuade people who are scared that they won’t be able to grow things and won’t be able to give the seeds back.

]]> By: griever http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1666973 griever Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1666973 So you continue to pick the fruits and veggies with the best genetic mutations over and over until you have something resilient and tasty. See some genetically modified food can be ok :)  So you continue to pick the fruits and veggies with the best genetic mutations over and over until you have something resilient and tasty. See some genetically modified food can be ok :) 

]]> By: kevix http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1666959 kevix Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1666959 has shades of the Monsanto case. Hope those seeds are not patented. has shades of the Monsanto case. Hope those seeds are not patented.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html#comment-1666955 nixiebunny Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215784#comment-1666955 We have this in Tucson as well.  We have this in Tucson as well. 

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