Dear Mother: February-March 2009

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February/March 2009
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Robert Whyne
Sunbury, Pennsylvania

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Amazing Artisan Bread

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the amazing artisan bread recipe. I tried it as soon as we received the magazine. Instead of using a small amount of dough daily, I made three rounds and baked the whole batch. It was gone within a day (we have a family of seven).

For years, I have baked bread every day using a bread machine (we use 50 pounds of flour a month!). However, this recipe was just as easy as using a bread machine. The loaf tastes like one worked hours making it. I know I will be using this recipe a lot in my baking — I can’t wait to try the other recipes made from the boule dough.

Cherie Ellis
Condon, Montana

Seek out the Seed Savers Exchange

I’ve just been enjoying the articles in the October/November 2008 issue. William Woys Weaver’s article on Gourdseed Corn prompted me to write, as he listed only one seed source. As with other articles profiling rare or unusual plants, having so few commercial seed sources is understandable. That’s why I would like to suggest the nonprofit Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) as a source for any gardener interested in growing and preserving open-pollinated and heritage plants. When you become a member you have the opportunity to obtain, grow and share seeds and other plant materials from thousands of varieties maintained by more than 700 listed members.

The gourdseed corn piqued my interest, so I opened the 2008 SSE yearbook, which lists all of the members’ seed offerings, and sure enough found three listings for gourdseed corn from members in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. Anyone interested in learning more about the SSE can check out the Seed Savers Exchange Web site. Their phone number is 563-382-5990, and their address is 3094 North Winn Rd. Decorah, IA 52101.

Sally Carruth
Newport, New Hampshire

Thanks, Sally. Mother’s friend and contributing editor George DeVault was just chosen as the new head of the Seed Savers Exchange. And another tip for finding seed varieties: Search our custom search engine of more than 500 mail-order plant and seed companies (including SSE’s commercial offerings) on our Plant and Seed Finder. — Mother

Genetic Engineering: Scary, Criminal

Your article on genetically engineered foods (Engineering a False Hope) was quite alarming, but right on the button. What Monsanto and others are doing to our food supply without much, if any, oversight is nothing short of criminal. I would like to refer your readers to a book written by Claire Hope Cummings, Uncertain Peril. In it she describes in detail just what is being done to our seed crops, and the lack of oversight in these experiments. It really is quite scary.

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