NORWALK, Conn. Some Norwalk announcements for you:
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade postponed
Attend a gardening webinar
Saint Patrick will wait
Norwalk’s 2021 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed because of the pandemic, according to a press release from the Norwalk Police Emerald Society. “The Parade Committee made this decision with safety of all participants and attendees in mind,“ Emerald Society Vice President Lt. Terrence Blake said.
“It’s disappointing not to have the parade, but now is not the time to relax guidelines,” Mayor Harry Rilling said. “We will make sure the shamrocks are painted green for residents to enjoy. Please celebrate St. Patrick’s Day safely and let’s hope next year we can have the parade once again.”
Palestinian Seeds Come to America, Stories and Artwork Included Feb 20, 2021 Vivien Sansour is bringing yakteen to the United States. Photography by Samar Hazboun
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Vivien Sansour founded the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library in the West Bank in 2014 as a way to both preserve Palestinian culture at home and to share it with the world. More than a half-decade later, those efforts and her seeds have found their way into the American marketplace, specifically in the form of the Hudson Valley Seed Co. seed catalogue. The New York-based company is selling seeds for Sansour’s
yakteen gourd, which it believes marks the first time that a Palestinian heirloom variety has been available commercially in the United States.
Margaret Roach, The New York Times
Published: 19 Dec 2020 05:45 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Dec 2020 05:45 PM BdST Roasted pumpkin seeds, Oct 15, 2019. Food stylist: Barrett Washbourne. David Malosh/The New York Times
Resilience: It’s a buzzword in the vegetable-seed industry, and a mission to breed genetically resilient varieties that stand up to pests, diseases and the rigors of a shifting climate. );
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Each resilient variety becomes a tiny, critical ingredient in a resilient seed system that supports agriculture, the foundation of a resilient food system.
And in the tumultuous 2020 seed-catalogue season, resilience proved a valuable human trait as well, for seed company staff and their customers. Insights gleaned from that chaotic year of record sales can smooth the ground for the 2021 garden season, which officially begins this month, as new catalogues start appearing in mailboxes and online.