I am working in the City of Seattle on a Project that established
community gardens in low income housing projects. Seattle low-income
housing population is predominately southeast Asian refugees. So there
is a great demand for the seeds of a wide variety of vegetable crops
grown throughout southeast Asia. If anybody out there in Cyberspace
knows where I can get southeast Asian vegetable seeds please send the
information on to me. If anybody knows of seed catalogs that have a
selection of asian vegetables please, please, please send that
information on to me as well.
In addition, I have a number of demostration plots in gardens throughout
the city. Next summer I would love to have seeds for some varieties of
upland (dryland) rice that I could cultivate as a demonstation to my fellow
gardeners. I am currently working on a project at one of the gardens
that uses bamboo as a building material. It has been incredible to see
the positive effect having something familiar to work with has had on the
southeast Asian gardeners. If you have any leads into sources of upland
rice seeds for varieties that would be adapted to Seattle's conditions
please pass that information on to me.
Thanks in advance to everybody. Everybody in Seattle really appreciates
the help.
Dr. Ralph Coolman
811 62nd St. NW
Seattle, WA 98107
rcoolman@homer.u.washington.edu
Tel: 206-684-0264