| 词条 | Seed library |
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A seed library is an institution that lends or shares seed. It is distinguished from a seedbank in that the main purpose is not to store or hold germplasm or seeds against possible destruction, but to disseminate them to the public which preserves the shared plant varieties through propagation and further sharing of seed.[1] FunctionSeed libraries usually maintain their collections through donations from members.[2] but may also operate as pure charity operations intent on serving gardeners and farmers.[3] A common attribute of many seed libraries is to preserve agricultural biodiversity by focusing on rare, local, and heirloom seed varieties.[4] Seed libraries use varied methods for sharing seeds, primarily by:
Seed libraries may function as programs of public libraries, such as the programs of the Richmond Public Library in California (the "Richmond Grows" program is the "unofficial spiritual center of the [public library seed library] movement"[5]) and the New Port Richey Public Library (Florida).[6] Seed library initiatives in public libraries garner patron participation as a novelty supplement to book check-outs. Seed packets are usually located next to everyday circulated items like books, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs. Seed libraries in public libraries have been successful because they catch patron hobby curiosities.[7] Public libraries are an appropriate space for seed libraries because they make seeds and plants available to everyone. They are also located in college libraries, such as Hampshire College's seed library;[5] museums, such as the Hull-House Heirloom Seed Library, a program of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.[8] or as membership based online programs like the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Some have developed as programs of botanical gardens, such as that of the VanDusen Botanical Garden, or from gardening associations and research institutes, such as the Heritage Seed Library of Garden Organic. Other seed libraries have evolved from community sustainability or resilience efforts, such as the Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL) (the United States' oldest seed library, which developed from the Berkeley, California Ecology Center); and still others from the Slow Food movement, such as Grow Gainesville's seed program.[9] While "lending" is straightforward, "returning" or re-depositing seeds presents a challenge, since the new seeds are not necessarily well-described, and may be inadvertent hybrids.[5] Seed libraries complement the preservationist activities of seedbanks, by collecting local and heirloom varieties that might otherwise be lost, and by collecting new local varieties. In theory, lending and returning seed libraries will also promote local agriculture over time, by growing collections of seeds locally adapted to the region.[5] See also
References1. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/garden/07seed.html?_r=1 |last=Wang |first=Joy C. |newspaper=The New York Times |title=A Seed Library for Heirloom Plants Thrives in the Hudson Valley |date=2010-10-06 |df=mdy}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/18/home/la-hm-seed-library-20110618 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |last=MacVean |first=Mary |title=Seeds of hope and change |date=June 18, 2011 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/seed-libraries-crop-up.html |title=Seed Libraries Crop Up |work=BoingBoing |date=April 2, 2012 |first=PC |last=Sweeney}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Nurturing plant legacies: Two groups lend seeds and plants to gardeners |last=Hageman |first=William |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/home/ct-sun-garden-0325-seed-lenders-20120323,0,589451.story |date=March 23, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune }} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Hartnett |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/09/seed-libraries-try-save-world-plants/XnM6HJ8GCfPoo6JWtU6DQL/story.html |title='Seed Libraries' Try to Save the World's Plants |work=Boston Globe |date=March 9, 2014}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://suncoastnews.com/npr-launches-seed-exchange-community-gardens-20130823/ |newspaper=The Suncoast News |last=Orth |first=Carl |title=NPR launches seed exchange,community gardens |date=August 23, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415191703/http://suncoastnews.com/npr-launches-seed-exchange-community-gardens-20130823/ |archivedate=2015-04-15 }} 7. ^{{cite episode |last=Runyon |first=Luke |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/02/170846948/how-to-save-a-public-library-make-it-a-seed-bank|title=How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank |series=Weekend Edition Saturday |type=Radio broadcast |network=NPR |date=February 2, 2013 |accessdate=2017-03-12|language=en}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/_programsevents/_kitchen/_seedlibrary/seedlibrary.html |title=Hull-House Seed Library |publisher=Jane Addams Hull-House Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503000000/http://www.uic.edu:80/jaddams/hull/_programsevents/_kitchen/_seedlibrary/seedlibrary.html |archivedate=2015-05-03}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://growgainesville.wordpress.com/seed-library/ |title=Southern Heritage Seed Collective |work=Grow Gainesville |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313131748/https://growgainesville.wordpress.com/seed-library/ |archivedate=2017-03-13}} Further reading
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