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.