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Showing Original Post only (View all)How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank [View all]
Despite the cold and snow, some signs of spring are starting to break through in Colorado. The public library in the small town of Basalt is trying an experiment: In addition to borrowing books, residents can now check out seeds.
Here's how it works: A library card gets you a packet of seeds. You then grow the fruits and vegetables, harvest the new seeds from the biggest and best, and return those seeds so the library can lend them out to others.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/02/170846948/how-to-save-a-public-library-make-it-a-seed-bank
What a really neat idea!
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how would this save libraries? libraries are under the gun because of local funding crises.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#36
where's the funding coming from? our local libraries have already had two rounds of cuts.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#37
wonderful idea. Hopefully it'll take off and help a few people become a little less dependent on GMO
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Feb 2013
#15
k&r before I have read the full article. great idea! saving for reading later
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2013
#26