Comments on: Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook Arrives! http://wlkr.org/2010/02/09/seed-savers-exchange-yearbook-arrives/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Glenn http://wlkr.org/2010/02/09/seed-savers-exchange-yearbook-arrives/comment-page-1/#comment-46049 Glenn Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:29:58 +0000 http://wlkr.org/?p=970#comment-46049 Amaranth! Awesome. I have to admit I can't help a lot. I have only grown two varieties. I grew Hartman's Giant and an orange variety. The SSE catalog certainly is a good place to start and there are many members in Canada. I am a bit miffed with a pricing hike this year. They raised all of the prices in the yearbook but didn't give anyone notice. Last year I had a ton of request for seeds. This year, I have had 2 and both were before the catalog came out. I would love to help. I imagine that the grain prices are consistent simply due to lack of growers. With smaller groups of growers the price can fluctuate dramatically. I have also tried to grow Quinoa without much luck. Amaranth! Awesome. I have to admit I can’t help a lot. I have only grown two varieties. I grew Hartman’s Giant and an orange variety. The SSE catalog certainly is a good place to start and there are many members in Canada. I am a bit miffed with a pricing hike this year. They raised all of the prices in the yearbook but didn’t give anyone notice. Last year I had a ton of request for seeds. This year, I have had 2 and both were before the catalog came out.

I would love to help. I imagine that the grain prices are consistent simply due to lack of growers. With smaller groups of growers the price can fluctuate dramatically. I have also tried to grow Quinoa without much luck.

]]> By: claire costom http://wlkr.org/2010/02/09/seed-savers-exchange-yearbook-arrives/comment-page-1/#comment-46029 claire costom Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:35:59 +0000 http://wlkr.org/?p=970#comment-46029 Am developing a project in growing a varieties of Amaranth for seeds...hope to help my friends and encourage this ancient culture in my area...looking for support for quality seeds to send in poor areas,as this grain is very nutricious,native people used to eat it as pop corn or flour...am aware of most research on Amaranthus...but any recent information would help a lot,i actually wish to specialize in this field...and find wholesale provider....the Thomas Jefferson Institute in Washington gave me an excellent addresse.....but they refused to work with Canada??the price of their seeds was actually very interesting....i offered to be their representative for Canada......i have done a lot of research and prices are not stable like most grains???looking forward to read your kind comments,Claire Costom,President Balance Developement Am developing a project in growing a varieties of Amaranth for seeds…hope to help my friends and encourage this ancient culture
in my area…looking for support for quality seeds to send in poor areas,as this grain is very nutricious,native people used to eat
it as pop corn or flour…am aware of most research on Amaranthus…but any recent information would help a lot,i actually wish
to specialize in this field…and find wholesale provider….the Thomas Jefferson Institute in Washington gave me an excellent
addresse…..but they refused to work with Canada??the price of their seeds was actually very interesting….i offered to be their representative for Canada……i have done a lot of research and prices are not stable like most grains???looking forward to read
your kind comments,Claire Costom,President Balance Developement

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