Seed Hymn

All Species Day Projects Circle of six disciplines of Replenish, Redesign and Remember

Chris Wells is an avid believer in how our natural word informs us as humans and has dedicated his life's work to remind us all to connect back to the earth and its magic.  He is the visionary behind All Species Day, allspeciesprojects.com , a founding member of the Bioregional movement and has been growing ancient varieties of corn, from the early sixties, when he was introduced to the power held in this plant by the Hopi.  His latest offering to us all is his Seed Hymn. He wanted to create a contemporary song to celebrate the essential beings of life and this idea grew out of a need to recognize the the real wealth of this world and to protect it. In a recent conversation he stated  "This is a basic praise and worship Sunday morning kind of song that I hope will travel to church choirs, religious rockers and perhaps confound the Friday night bar crowd."

Chris recorded his Seed Hymn on a recent visit to Santa Fe from his home in Oaxaca.

                                

                         Lets spread the praise for our ancient seeds

Seed Hymn

Seed of bright new day

Sun seed-the blessing way

Seeds of the forest of the sky

Seeds of the mountains high

Seed in the rolling sun

Seed of the heart that's spun

Breathing seed

Seed divine

Seed of the spiraling of the stars

Seed on the wind

Seed of the beginning 

and the beginning again

Seed in the motion

 Of the ocean

On the waves

Seeds of tomorrow

Seeds of yesterday

In these times

will you return to us

bring your flowers

And your fields

Hold tight these ancient ones

Health and flavor 

Prove the yield

Let our children

Learn to grow

We are not just here to fight

 The way the earth 

Provides for us

If we treat her right

Seed of the spiraling of the stars

Seed on the wind

Seed of the beginning 

And the beginning again

Seed in the motion

Of the ocean

On the waves

Seeds of tomrrow

Seeds of yesterday

Sprout of maple

Limb of oak

 Stone of peach

May our people bring you within reach

Grain of corn

Blossom of squash 

Ovum of bean

Sing them strong and pure

Standing ancient free

Sing them strong and pure

Standing ancient free......

This is an invite to all you seed-lovers and local food growers out there! Please consider contributing to the 2nd edition of the Seedbroadcast agri-Culture Journal. It could be a drawing, photograph, story, journal entries, poem, an essay, a manifesto, your favorite recipe using home grown food, with a relevance to seeds, seed saving and local food growing practices. Each of you holds a wisdom and it is this wisdom we hope to share.

This 2nd edition will be published in Spring 2014 and will be available in printed and web format.
Deadline for contributions is January 31st 2014.
Send to seedbroadcast@gmail.com.
Images should be 300 dpi and please include a couple of sentences about yourself, your collective, farm, family or organization.

Please take a look at our 1st edition. 
It is available to download  here:
http://www.seedbroadcast.org/SeedBroadcast/SeedBroadcast_agriCulture_Journal.html

 We look forward to hearing from you,
SeedBroadcasters.

Flordemayo's Seed Temple. Open House, October 26th and 27th, 2013.

This open invitation was sent to us by Belinda Eriacho who SeedBroadcast met at the Native/Seeds Search http://www.nativeseeds.org/events/seed-school seed school earlier this year. We have kept in touch and are delighted to hear that Flordemayo's Seed Temple is now ready for us all to visit. Do not miss this unique opportunity.

 

Here is Belinda's seed story,

Gathering for Mother Earth, Seed Stories.

These stories were shared with us at the 2013 Gathering for Mother Earth organized by Tewa Women United. http://tewawomenunited.org/
Thank you everyone who took the time to tell us your story.

Gus Johnson shares a seed story about growing and sharing Seminole Hanging Pumpkins.


Jennie Luna shares a seed story about amaranth.

Jerermy Wright shares a seed story about generosity, patience, listening and artistry.

Ramos Sanchez shares a seed story about farming, food and community in the old times.

Michele Rozbitsky shares an ancient seed saving project she helped with at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo.

Judithann Poncho talks about the importance of giving thanks to the plants.

Annie Miller talks about the beans and corn seeds she saved.

Carina Schnieders talks about being a kid and collecting seeds.

Alan Sutherland talks about finding ancient Dixon barley.

Amy Torrez from Chama, New Mexico shares how her family grew and ate potatoes and beans.

Jessica Riggs tells us why she saves her calendula seeds and shares them.

Alix Hudson shares her story of waffle gardening in Zuni Pueblo.

Erick Valdez talks about saving seeds from his spinach and calabacitas.

SeedBroadcasting at Gathering for Mother Earth

Gathering for Mother Earth - Photo: Andre Liptay

SeedBroadcast spent the fall equinox at Pojoaque Pueblo and the Gathering for Mother Earth. This event was organized by the Tewa Women United to bring people from all walks of life together to discuss, practice, and give thanks to the generosity of the earth, while encouraging healthy, vibrant, and empowered communities.

The grounds were filled with informational booths, traditional healers, artists, musicians, solar oven gurus, workshops, and a communal kitchen with free delicious food. We were invited to join in the festivities and bring out the more seedy side of people.

Land Arts Students help set up the Mobile Seed Story Broadcasting Station

Land Arts of the American West students joined us as project collaborators, hosting the seed SWAP table, recording seed stories, facilitating the interior library of the van, and adding good cheer and humor. Students jumped right in and helped visitors look at seeds, find information, and most importantly share a genuine conversation about seeds, food, farming, gardening, and creativity. They also walked around the event and recorded some amazing seed stories.

Land Arts student, Randal Romwalter, shares seeds with visistors.

Seed SWAP table.

Many visitors stopped by to use the free-source copy center and take home seed saving and seed organizing information. Also people sat and listened to seed stories inside the Broadcasting Station. But the main attraction were the seeds.....those tiny gems of vibrant possibilities.

These seeds come from SeedBroadcaster - Jeanette Hart-Mann's - family farm, Fodder Project Collaborative Research Farm in Anton Chico, NM. They are presented on the seed SWAP table and offered free for anyone to take home. Even though the planting season is almost over for most folks in and around Pojoaque, people were thrilled with a gift of seeds, sparking dreams for next years garden. 

This gift might seem like a one-way transaction, from SeedBroadcast to participants. But there is a mighty string of responsibility attached..... a promise to plant the seed, to grow the food, to grow some seed, and share this with others.

SEEDS!

Land Arts student Liz Shores with a visitor inside the Mobile Seed Story Broadcasting Station

Land Arts students Chitra Sangtani and Emily Gonzales record Jennie Luna's Seed Story

Thank you Tewa Women United for inviting us to this wonderful event and thank you to all who came by to visit with us and share seed stories. Visit our Seed Story Broadcast to listen to these and many other Seed Stories.

Good luck to all who gathered and took home seeds. Let us know how you grow together!