Crowd Harvest: Seeds for Christmas

It's on again! 3rd Annual Crowd Harvest Melbourne, Australia. After such great success over the last 2 years, people all over Victoria have been empowered to grow their own food. Save your left over and excess seeds this Spring, and send them to someone in need. NFPs supporting, enabling and empowering those in need to adopt self sustaining food gardening practices are looking to establish Seed Banks. By a central body establishing a seed bank, people facing difficult circumstances can access the seeds and establish food gardens. Gardeners everywhere harvest more seeds than can be stored, and need to be used before they expire. In this Crowd Harvest, Australian gardeners with excess seeds are invited to send them in a Christmas card or holiday card to one or more NFPs from the list below :-) Please package seeds in individual and labelled packages so food relief recipients can easily take them home. Experienced gardeners, please send viable, open pollinating seeds. Anyone wanting to purchase seeds for the NFPs, please look for websites and/or nurseries that promote 'heirloom', 'non genetically modified', 'open pollinating', or 'organic'. Each of the NFPs listed below has a certified horticulturalist employed, and ready to look after the seeds, either to start the seeds, store the seeds or distribute to others facing crisis yet know how to start seeds :-) You can be assured the seeds will be looked after. Variety is welcome! DIVRS & Darebin Fruit Squad Urban Food Program 285 High Street Preston 3072 http://www.divrs.org.au/#divrs http://www.darebinfruitsquad.org/ Social enterprise providing food relief to long term unemployed, aged workers and refugee groups, including food growing practices. STREAT Tastes Good. Does Good. 66 Cromwell Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 www.streat.com.au www.facebook.com/streat.melbourne www.twitter.com/streatmelbourne STREAT is a social enterprise designed to assist homeless youth in Melbourne. CITY HARVEST 16 Portrush Loop, Armstrong Creek Geelong 3217 www.cityharvest.com.au Social enterprise providing training for food security to long term unemployed, aged workers and refugee groups. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Foodbank Level 1, 214 - 218 Nicholson St, Footscray VIC 3011 Monday to Friday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm. t: 03 9326 6066 e:admin@asrc.org.au https://www.asrc.org.au/ Feeding refugees and those seeking asylum. PS. SAM FARBOD NEWHOPE IRANIAN COMMUNITY PO Box 255 Kerrimuir VIC 3129 https://www.newhope.net.au/Persian An Iranian community who fled to Australia due to religious persecution. Rowville Community Centre 40 Fulham Road, Rowville VIC 3178 Food kitchen distributing and growing fresh food for low income Australians. Alex Salmon CARRINGTON HEALTH Level 2, 43 Carrington Road Box Hill VIC 3128 Food Gardens for Low income Australians W www.carringtonhealth.org.au FOOD FOREST ASHBURTON GROUP C/O The Craig Family Centre 7 Samarinda Avenue Ashburton VIC 3147 https://foodforestashy.wordpress.com/ NEWHOPE COMMUNITY CARE Relief Care @NHCC PO Box 255 Kerrimuir VIC 3129 http://www.newhopecare.net.au/food-pantry Food Relief Centre looking to apply sustainable approaches to food resilience care. FOOD GARDEN - The Craig Family Centre 7 Samarinda Avenue Ashburton VIC 3147 http://craigfc.org.au/ Food Gardens for Low income Australians Alternatively: TINY TROWEL P.O Box 4076 Box Hill South VIC 3128 Twitter: @Tiny_Trowel Blog: http://mylittletrowel.blogspot.com.au/ Facebook Group