The Gift of Seed with Petra Page-Mann
Events at COA
BAR HARBOR—The College of the Atlantic Food & Farming Workshop Series hosts a lively, participatory practice and conversation of gift economy with Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds on Monday, September 22, at 4:10 p.m. in the Davis Center for Human Ecology, Rm. 202. The workshop is free and open to the public.
If you love Robin Wall Kimmerer's words and hunger for putting them into practice in your life, this is the workshop for you. After 12 years of selling regionally adapted seeds from their farm in western New York, Fruition has committed to sharing seeds to cultivate gift culture.
“Come feel, reflect, and embody gift economy with us,” Page-Mann says. “Everyone will return home with practices to engage in daily life as well as an abundance of seeds to grow more abundant futures for us all.”
From 4:10-5:30 p.m., the group will engage in conversation about gift economy principles and practices. They’ll break for dinner 5:30-6:30 p.m. (bring your own or purchase on campus or in town). Anyone who wishes can return from 6:30-8 p.m. to dive into gift practices and a seed gifting experience. Bring a bag to bring home seeds as well as a friend and your hunger for a more fruitful world we grow together.
The COA Food & Farming Workshop Series is sponsored by COA’s Food Systems Working Group and the Thoreau Foundation. Page-Mann’s visit is in collaboration with the Maine Heirloom Seed Network.