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Gathering : Memoir of a Seed Saver by Dianeott Whealy (2011, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSeed Savers Exchange, Incorporated

ISBN-100615457746

ISBN-139780615457741

eBay Product ID (ePID)109080596

Product Key Features

Book TitleGathering : Memoir of a Seed Saver

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWomen, Personal Memoirs, Agriculture / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorDianeott Whealy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight33.7 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-925379

Table Of ContentGoing down to Grandpa's -- Homegrown -- Home place -- Seeing the world -- Heading west -- Gardening in Iowa -- On the road again -- Kansas peaches -- Reunion -- Missouri bound -- Big move -- Early years in Missouri -- True Seed Exchange -- Changes -- Missouri visitor -- Full time in Missouri -- Big exposure -- Getting together -- Campouts catch on -- Moon and stars watermelon -- Wanigan Associates -- Help! My house is full of beans -- Garden seed inventory -- Well rooted, a dream grows -- Moving to Iowa -- Leaving our homestead -- First Iowa campouts -- Youngest gardener -- Five-acre garden -- Home office -- Family seed, family recipes -- Looking for paradise -- Avenue to Pine Spring Farm -- Amish connection -- Apple lomen -- Seed to seed -- Monkey puzzle -- Network of growers -- Sour cherries and black tomatoes -- Growing pains -- Some assembly required -- Gardens below sea level -- Martha Stewart is in the house -- Roscoe connection -- Cover stories -- Seed politics -- From paper to pixels -- Friend back East -- Marketing seed diversity -- Twin valleys -- Maryanne Mott and Herman Warsh -- Growing strong -- Unexpected happens -- Evolution -- Rooster step.

SynopsisDaughter of Iowa farmers, Missouri homesteader, and mother of five, Diane Ott Whealy never anticipated that one day she would become a leader in a grass-roots movement to preserve our agricultural biodiversity. The love for the land and the respect for heirloom seeds that Diane shared with her husband, Kent Whealy, led to their starting Seed Savers Exchange in 1975. Seed Savers Exchange, the nation's premier nonprofit seed-saving organization, began humbly as a simple exchange of seeds among passionate gardeners who sought to preserve the rich gardening heritage their ancestors had brought to this country. Seeds that Ott Whealy herself inherited from her paternal grandparents were the impetus for the formation of Seed Savers Exchange, whose membership has grown from a small coterie to more than thirteen thousand. Its influence has been felt in gardens across America. Ott Whealy's down-to-earth narrative traces her fascinating journey from Oregon to Kansas to Missouri then back home to Iowa where, in 1986, Heritage Farm became the permanent home of Seed Savers Exchange. Her heartwarming story captures what is best in the American spirit: the ability to dream and, through hard work and perseverance, inspire others to contribute their efforts to a cause. Thus was created one of the nation's most admired nonprofits in the field of genetic preservation.

LC Classification NumberSB61