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Join the USDA National Agricultural Library for a two-part event on seed saving and culturally relevant foods in the United States.

S﻿eed saving is the practice of saving seeds or other reproductive material from vegetables, grains, herbs, flowers, nuts, tree fruits, and berries. Seed saving helps to protect natural biodiversity and gives growers access to seed and plant stock year after year. Seed saving is an essential practice across many cultures that ensures access to culturally significant foods. Many plants have moved with individuals through voluntary and forced migration and enslavement.

Culturally relevant or appropriate food provides the opportunity to preserve cultural and historical food preparation and consumption practices. It centers where, how, with, and by whom it is eaten.

D﻿uring this event, we will hear from two keynote speakers. April Jones is a farmer and founder of Pinehurst Farmers Market and Pinehurst Consulting. Bazile Panek, a proud member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, was raised on Red Cliff reservation. He is the Indigenous Consultant for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP). They will examine the importance of seed saving on an individual and cultural level. As well as discuss the meaning and significance of saving and sharing seeds, access to culturally relevant foods, and the important role seed saving can play in culturally relevant food access. Culturally relevant foods are often found to be more nutritious that conventional foods. When access is restricted, and people overconsume non-cultural foods, it can result in higher rates of nutrition-related diseases such as malnutrition, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Food is more than sustenance; it is linked to many communities' history, culture, and spiritual practices. Food brings families and communities together and shared seeds and food production foster cultural well-being and connection. Jared Zystro, Ph.D., research and education assistant director at the Organic Seed Alliance, will also be joining us to chat about plant breeding and seed growing. At the end of our program, our speakers will come together to discuss biodiversity, seed and plant breeding, growing, and protections.

F﻿ollowing our speakers, we will offer Wikipedia editing training and edit articles related to seed saving and culturally relevant foods.

Registration is required but attendees are free to come and go as they please.

Register

Livestream
 * Zoom link upon registration

When: May 19, 2023 1:00 pm-4:30 pm Eastern

Where: Virtual!

Details: No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided.

More information
Please register on Eventbrite. The confirmation email from Eventbrite will include the Zoom link and password to access the event. Full-day attendance is not required.

Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many individuals looking to learn about art, history, and science.

During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating related articles.

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 * Find an article to edit!
 * Ask questions in the Zoom chat

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 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.


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Safe Space Policy

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Schedule
1﻿:00 pm - 1:10 pm Welcome from NAL

1﻿:10 pm - 1:35 pm Keynote Speaker, April Jones, Urban Farmer and Consultant, Founder of Pinehurst Farmers Market and Pinehurst Consulting

1﻿:35 pm - 2:00 pm Keynote Speaker, Bazile Panek, Indigenous Consultant, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)

2﻿:00 pm - 2:15 pm Jared Zystro, Ph.D., Research & Education Assistant Director, Organic Seed Alliance

2﻿:15 pm - 2:30 pm Questions and Answers

2﻿:30pm - 2:45 pm BREAK

2﻿:45 pm - 3:15 pm Wikipedia editing training, Jamie Flood, Senior Wikipedian, NAL

3﻿:15 pm - 4:30 pm Time to edit and editing demonstrations

Wikimedia
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• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

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• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

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About the Quality Scale

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• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

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• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

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• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

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Attendees

 * Dominic·t 17:00, 19 May 2023 (UTC)


 * JamieF (talk) 18:46, 19 May 2023 (UTC)