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More info and links here: http://www.ecobold.com/seed-savers-exchange/
I came across Seed Savers Exchange at the Green Festival, they are perfect for anyone who has a garden or is thinking of having one. Here you can either exchange seeds that you have too many of or, if you don't have any to exchange, you can buy seeds from others! What a great idea. They started this non-profit organization about 35 years ago in order to help farmers grow and save seeds, so they started a group of people who would grow each others seeds as a back up system. The organization grew so much that they got into a point where they needed to keep the seeds in one place, so they started a seed bank and began releasing a catalog to support the seed exchange. Today they have over 13,000 members across the country and every year they release a new catalog with a listing of all varieties their members want to share with people. You can also find the list and buy seeds on their website.
They have several kinds of seeds in their catalog, including vegetables, herbs and flowers.
I also came across a very cool program they launched called "Sell seeds instead of candy bars!". Here's a quick intro to it: Seed Savers has developed a new fundraising program as a healthy, sustainable alternative to other school fundraising programs. Benefit your school, your students, and the gardening public. Give children seeds to sell and they will grow, too, in the process. Seeds to Grow is a project of Seed Savers Exchange that promotes heirloom gardening.
A little story about them, from their site:
Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization that saves and shares the heirloom seeds of our garden heritage, forming a living legacy that can be passed down through generations.
Our mission is to save North America's diverse, but endangered, garden heritage for future generations by building a network of people committed to collecting, conserving and sharing heirloom seeds and plants, while educating people about the value of genetic and cultural diversity.
At the heart of Seed Savers Exchange are the dedicated members who have distributed hundreds of thousands of heirloom and open pollinated garden seeds since our founding 35 years ago. Those seeds now are widely used by seed companies, small farmers supplying local and regional markets, chefs and home gardeners and cooks, alike.
Seed Savers Exchange was founded in 1975 by Diane Ott Whealy and Kent Whealy to honor this tradition of preserving and sharing. Their collection started when Diane's terminally-ill grandfather gave them the seeds of two garden plants, Grandpa Ott's morning glory and German Pink tomato. Grandpa Ott's parents brought the seeds from Bavaria when they immigrated to St. Lucas, Iowa in the 1870s.
Today, the 890-acre Heritage Farm, near Decorah, Iowa, is our home. We maintain many thousands of heirloom garden varieties, most having been brought to North America by members' ancestors who emigrated from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and other parts of the world.
Unlike Fort Knox, Heritage Farm is not surrounded by security fences and guards. Our perimeter is patrolled by bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, deer, raccoons and other wildlife. The farm is ringed by hiking trails that take visitors through majestic scenery, past our certified organic preservation gardens, historic orchard and ancient White Park Cattle.
They even give tours of their farm. Way to go Seed Savers Exchange!More info and links here: http://www.ecobold.com/seed-savers-exchange/
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This is my personal explanation of Why I am not a Apple Mac fan... My Reasons: - I don't like Intel either, I do not support companies who got illegally obtained monopolies - I like clones - Apple is not 100% Open Source, they use and abuse Open Source for their own benefit. - Apple charges money fro their software - Apple does not make Linux versions of their software - Microsoft owns $150 million of AppleThis is my personal explanation of Why I am not a Apple Mac fan... My Reasons: - I... more
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So far we can see their is a worldwide broadcast network out there in the form of indie broadcasters just waiting to be utilized to as a channel for indie music and film/videos. The program content for such a network is nearly limitless in the form of music, music videos and independent film. All that really needed to be done was to tweak a few legalities in order for the content to be attractive to such broadcasters and the whole thing becomes viable.
In order to bring it all together I guess someone could create a website/service which would aggregate material that was properly licensed to enable free broadcast and make that content available to individual broadcasters via digital stream. That would give small broadcasters a wealth of content to augment the content that they create locally themselves. It would also allow them to sell more advertising locally. I think this content would have to be free to broadcasters to use which is a large part of what would make it attractive.
There could be genre specific streams, regional streams or whatever the broadcaster wanted to play by setting up their own playlists. The site could create their own hosted programs, etc. I mean the potential is really huge when you think about it.
The artists can make money by selling hard copies of their product on CD/DVD/mp3 or whatever and anticipate selling more of these things due to the potential exposure they will get from this service. The broadcasters can make money by selling advertising to local business. But how would the service itself make money?
The aggregator service/site could also sell advertising within the broadcast stream as well as charging artists a small ($20 or less) monthly fee to participate in the service. I know that isn't a lot but if all 600,000 indie bands/artists listed on myspace jumped on board that is a nice income for the site each month.
Will this be the next stage in the evolution of the indie music world? I don't know but I think it could be in some form.So far we can see their is a worldwide broadcast network out there in the form of... more
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I first encountered the Future of Music Coalition ( http://futureofmusic.org/ ) the other day when I wrangled press credentials to attend their upcoming Future of Music Summit in Washington DC Oct 4-6. I'm pretty hyped about that as there will be some major players in the music industry in attendance and it will give me a firsthand look at the directions that the industry intends to take in the future. Thanks to Scott Macaulay (Editor) and Filmmaker Magazine for setting it up for me
( http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/ ).
In the video above The Indigo Girls talk about why they support community radio. When I read this story I started thinking about the importance of having these kind of small, local broadcasters. The Indigo Girls talk about how these stations gave them some of their first exposure as a band and it does seem to be a relatively untapped avenue by which indie music can get mainstream broadcast exposure (ie; outside the web).
One thought led to another and before you know it I had a full fledged plan concocted to rule the indie music world. That is just the way my mind works, I come across a subject and if it catches my interest I end up thinking about ways to improve it or make use of it in some larger way. In this case I think there are a lot of opportunities to make use of this nearly forgotten resource and I figured I would take the time to put my line of thought out there via this story and see if anyone agrees with me.
First off, think about the market potential, there are thousands of small, low power broadcast stations out there pretty much worldwide on AM and FM radio bands as well as shortwave and TV. Individually their reach is very small but as a whole they represent a broadcasting network that covers the entire world.
I started reading up on low power broadcasting on the FCC website and it seems that such stations are not that hard to set up and are free to broadcast whatever they want, including commercial broadcasts. If the power level used for the broadcast is low enough you don't even need to get a license (please read the rules before you try setting up your own station).
That opens up a world of possibilities. My first thought was that anyone could set up their own little radio station in conjunction with their online account on sites like blip.fm or grooveshark and broadcast to their neighborhood. That would be kinda cool and a low power transmitter doesn't cost very much so someone could get rich selling that system (suggestion: iRadio....hehe).
There are of course legalities involving music and what you can play over the airwaves without violating someones right to get paid. With that in mind I read an intro to how music royalties work ( http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties.htm ) in order to see if indie music could be played on indie radio/tv stations. From what I read on that topic, combined with what I was reading yesterday about the Creative Commons License
( http://creativecommons.org/ ) it seems that the answer is a qualified yes.
In order for it to work the artist/band would ideally be the writer/composer/performer of the song and license it via Creative Commons giving up mechanical rights to the material permitting it to have unlimited radio/TV airplay for free. That really isn't that different that what we have now in the digital world where pretty much every band out there allows you to stream their music on your site and nothing stops you from making money from advertisemants on the site you stream the music through. In both cases the bands make money from CD sales, mp3 sales, band merchandise and live shows so it is a win/win for both the artists and the broadcaster/streamer. The artist gets exposure to a wider audience and the broadcaster/streamer gets content for their site/station which allows them to earn money via local advertising.
End Part 1, jump to part 2: http://current.com/items/90893661_community-broadcasting-and-the-indie-worldI first encountered the Future of Music Coalition ( http://futureofmusic.org/ ) the... more
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Hoodwatch Media: Disc jockey DJ AM found dead in NYC
By Lordmichael Chambers Rosenthorn,51 minutes ago
NEW YORK — A law enforcement official says the celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM has been found dead in a New York City apartment.
The official tells The Associated Press that 36-year-old Adam Goldstein was found in the Manhattan apartment Friday evening. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because family hadn't been notified.
The death comes a year after Goldstein survived a plane crash that killed four other people in South Carolina.
Goldstein was a deejay for hire who performed at Hollywood's most exclusive parties. He was also known for relationships with Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore.Hoodwatch Media: Disc jockey DJ AM found dead in NYC
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The filming took me a day!
The editing took me two weeks!
The finished piece is just under a minute long - the content is Driver and Pedestrian Awareness...
The medium used was Rotoscoping - Over 1000 images were edited by hand in photoshop.The filming took me a day!
The editing took me two weeks!
The finished piece is... more
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