{"id":3325,"date":"2016-01-03T13:36:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T12:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3325"},"modified":"2019-11-26T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:59:21","slug":"a-day-with-mushroom-peace-seeds-and-peace-seedlings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3325","title":{"rendered":"A day with Mushroom, Peace seeds and Peace seedlings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mushroom with Mauka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve finally put together an album of photos culled from the several hundred I took during a visit to one of my favourite human being hybrids (yes, even he is a hybrid!) and a great inspirator of our times and a national and international treasure, Dr. Alan “Mushroom” Kapuler!!! Thanks to Mushroom and his and Linda’s seedling, Dylana, for the help with the IDs! \u00a0His blog is also very worth visiting (http:\/\/mushroomsblog.blogspot.no<\/a>). Here are my\u00a0pictures:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/pictures\/index.php?\/category\/99<\/a><\/p>\n

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My New Years Eve Oca and Ulluco harvest. Mushroom’s gardens are the Andes near Corvallis…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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You will see pictures from Mushroom’s\u00a0Kin<\/span>ship (Biodiversity) Garden: Amongst hundreds of other plants I could see fruiting avocado, jujubes, kumquat, Meyer lemons in this\u00a05m high\u00a0x 9m x 30m greenhouse in which Mushroom and friends planted 500 species phylogenetically (related plants planted together) in 1994\u2026Although he lost 350 in a major flood, he learned much from this disaster, in particular that citrus survived these conditions and he advocates\u00a0greenhouse cultivation in Oregon of citrus rather than shipping up from California (see https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9evVLC0lnsA<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0this video also includes Andeans yacon, mauka and arracacha, the perennial root crop of the Andes)\u2026all planted in the earth where plants belong, something I’ve also always advocated!!<\/p>\n

You will also see pictures from the farm which is dominated by the incredible diversity of South American vegetables from tomatoes to quinoa to\u00a0yacon. I was also honoured to visit the Kapuler home which houses the seed collections and even more diversity!<\/p>\n

See also https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RBOZkpEWCVc<\/a><\/p>\n

Peace seedlings and Andean Roots: \u00a0http:\/\/www.corvallisadvocate.com\/tag\/dylana-kapuler\/<\/a><\/p>\n

In his own words, this is what Mushroom (and, thank goodness, also seedlings Dylana and Mario) is about:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeace,\u00a0love,\u00a0biodiversity,\u00a0kinship gardening,\u00a0unity,\u00a0life,\u00a0seed saving,\u00a0organics,\u00a0public domain plant breeding,\u00a0PNW native foodplants,\u00a0genomics,\u00a0the Oregon Coast,\u00a0\u00a0dreamscapes,\u00a0ecosanity,\u00a0recreality,\u00a0\u00a0multidimensional character analyses,sustainable organic agriculture in the PNW,\u00a0hope on this long strange trip that continues,\u00a0post Picasso acrylic paintings,\u00a0growing forests of dense,\u00a0biodiverse,hardy,\u00a0temperate zone perennials,\u00a0supporting the organic movement with original open-pollinated and nutritionally selected plant cultivars of merit towards improving the health of humanity.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Also you must see, An afternoon with Alan Kapuler:
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and Alan Kapuler talking more knowledgeably than most on GMOs:
\nhttp:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=2332<\/a><\/p>\n

…..and in\u00a0December 2013, \u00a0I was blown away to receive a package containing 11 different Lomatiums, commonly known as biscuitroots, Indian parsley or desert parsley, at one time a staple of the Native Americans. \u00a0Alan is doing important work resurrecting this genus of drought resistent perennial carrot relatives, destined to once again become an important food crop, but only Mushroom and a couple of other knowers are working on it! \u00a0http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id<\/a>=3293<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks also for the generosity…I came away with many seed packets!<\/p>\n

Please visit the Peace seeds website here and help spread Mushroom’s work:\u00a0http:\/\/peaceseedslive.blogspot.no\/<\/a><\/p>\n

.<\/a>..and please also support the work of the Peace seedlings here (Yacons, Ocas and much, much more)
\nhttp:\/\/www.peaceseedlingsseeds.blogspot.no\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, a picture of my friend Pamela Melcher, who did so much to make this trip come about, with Mushroom. \u00a0A very happy meeting of good souls! :)<\/p>\n

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