The 17th edition of the SeedBroadcast agri Cultural Journal has been published as we were all finishing the last of the harvest and getting prepared for the season to come. It has been a rugged year dealing with the fluctuations of the climate crisis and the divisions that seem to be getting wider between us human beings and our mother earth. However the resurgence of local traditional farming, gardening and food sovereignty is a glint of beauty and hope in these times of dramatic change.
This edition is dedicated to all those courageous beings who are putting their lives on the line to protect a vast net work of water ways and the cultivation of sacred wild rice from the construction of the Line 3 pipeline in Northern Minnesota. The pipeline route runs through the center of wild rice territory, and all of the Ojibwe bands are concerned and question if the Public Utilities Commission would have sole authority to grant permits over tribal lands within the reservation borders, and also within the1855 treaty area.
" Nimanoominike omaa, I harvest wild rice here. In fact, I harvest wild rice on the Crow Wing chain because it is abundant, and because it ripens earlier than the manoomin on my reservation. This is how our people have been. We go to where the rice is, and that is not always on the reservation. These are reserved treaty or usafrutary rights. It turns out this is where Enbridge wants to put a pipeline, and the Sandpiper line goes not only there but within a mile of the largest wild rice bed in Anishinaabeg territory- Rice Lake on the White Earth Reservation." Winona LaDuke
We take a deep bow of gratitude to all these courageous protesters
The printed versions of this edition can be found at your local Co ops, farmers markets and you might even find a surprise in your CSA! Do look out for them and let us know what you think.
A digital version is also available to read or download from our journal archive.
Our 18th edition will be published in the Spring of 2022,
the deadline is March Ist 2022.
A huge shout out and thank you to all who contributed to this edition: Richard Ferchaud, Chrissie Orr, Shirley Man-Kin Leung, Jaques Abelman, Maureen Heartly, Kirsten Stoltz, Eleonora Edreva, Jeanette Hart-Mann, Ryan Henel, Arleta Little, Navdanya International, Francesca Rose, Kuwa Jasiri Indomela, Christine Salem, Iren Schio, Kim Abeles, Meena Natarajan, Ruhel Islam, Dana Guber, Ibrahim Loeks, Chelsee Stewart, Edi Lenore, and Richard Lowenburg,
In solidarity and health
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