From lflondon@mindspring.com Thu Apr 20 08:41:20 2000 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:40:32 -0400 From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: london@metalab.unc.edu Subject: (fwd) Germplasm On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:8:48, in market-farming "Ava Devenport" wrote: I was going to put this in the previous message regarding grants and funds. The Agricultural Research Service collects germplasm (seeds) to maintain an ever available source of seeds. They keep a collection which is freely distributed through the National Plant Germplasm System for educational, agricultural research, or breeding purposes. ARS also has a site on livestock and poultry, but I'm afraid to look. Just Monday I received 7 packets of Parthenium argentatum for a plant latex research project that I'm involved in. All you have to do is request the germplasm and it is sent to you at no charge! Everyone of you educates, performs daily ag research and some of you breed, so everyone of you can obtain germplasm. Go to the following website, check out the germplasm collections, make your choices (write them down, as you have to fill in a blank form) then fill out your request form right over the net. www.ars.grin.gov Let me know what your going to do with your seed, I'd love to hear about it even if your just cultivating, and please, when any of you receive your grant, funds or cost-shares and incentives, share your experience with the rest of the mail list. It will only further the dream of those future farmers out there that will be looking to us to blaze the trail. And maybe make it a little easier for those that don't have the patience to deal with some of the paperwork and searches. Blessings, Ava Lawrence F. London, Jr. Venaura Farm ICQ#27930345 lflondon@mindspring.com london@metalab.unc.edu metalab.unc.edu/intergarden InterGarden metalab.unc.edu/permaculture PermaSphere metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/orgfarm AGINFO