這是我關于學習美國康奈爾大學MOOC課程《Environmental Education: Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Addressing Wicked Problems環境教育：跨領域方法解決復雜問題》，簡稱為GlobalEE的一些隨感記錄。
GlobalEE的每一小節有一個討論。比如Food systems/Food sovereignty 《食物系統與糧食主權 》要討論的問題就是In 2-3 sentences, what ways do people achieve food sovereignty and food security in cities in your country?在你的國家，如何實現糧食主權和糧食安全。
這是一個非常開放的問題，共計有幾百個回答和對回答的更近，大部分還是介紹美國的情況。
不過其中我個人比較感興趣的，是一個愛沙尼亞的學生Rea Raus的回答。愛沙尼亞是一個東歐國家。百度得之屬海洋性氣候，受海洋影響明顯，春季涼爽少雨，夏秋季溫暖濕潤，冬季寒冷多雪，冬季平均氣溫7℃，夏季平均氣溫16℃，年平均降水量500－700毫米。
她的核心觀點是兩個，一個是食物的供應鏈問題，縮短從農戶到用戶的過程。另外一個她提出了收集和保存本地本土種子的重要性。實際上她只是提出問題，沒有對問題進行太多的解答。
但后面的跟進討論中，其他的同學補充了很多信息。
其中引起廣泛認同的是一位叫做Emily A. DeMoor, Ph.D.的回應。雖然系統標注她也是學生，但是感覺來頭不小而且她的回復似乎激發起了下面很多同學的興奮，所以以我渣渣的英文推測，似乎Emily A. DeMoor, Ph.D.也算是一個人物。她這個問題進行了進一步的推進，介紹了一個叫做Sustainable Berea的項目，www.sustainableberea.org/，這個是網站，不過在某些國家打不開。
Sustainable Berea是一個非營利組織，目的是為了建立一個可持續的社區。其中的一個保持可持續的方式就是他們有一個種子庫，保存和記錄一些種子的信息。
接著，一位叫做Kirstin Alana Baum的學生，從Emily A. DeMoor, Ph.D.分享的Sustainable Berea，想到了另外一個組織，分享了一個網站 http://www.seedsavers.org/
接著有一位叫Amy Gross的提到她在匹茲堡（美國賓西法尼亞州西南部城市，是美國的鋼鐵工業中心），曾經有一個類似的項目，但是只是關于西紅柿的，可惜她沒有進一步提供任何鏈接。
Miranda Shephard?則分享了一個英國的網站http://fifediet.co.uk/
其實我也沒太搞懂這個網站是干嘛的。里面有一個seed truck的項目，意思是種子搬運車？
這個項目持續三年，從2012年到2015年，雖然看了視頻可是還是有點似懂非懂。大意就是說組成了一個車隊，成員有園丁，廚師，藝術家，樸門設計師等，這些人搗鼓一些講座和工作坊，都是和糧食主權相關的。其實確實沒太懂，還有待研究。
http://fifediet.co.uk/seedtruck/
這個網站也有一些其他文章，比如如何在臨近找到適合的食物之類。
從這個網站的LOGO可以看到一句有意思的話：think global,eat local.
全球化地思考，本地化地飲食。
因著這句話，又搜到了一個可愛清新的網站，是一個面向中小學生的項目。
http://eathink2015.org/en/
對以上的林林總總做一個簡單的小結
1、糧食主權，是一個更高的高度，已經有點超越了日常生活的角度，比較看重的一種系統的平衡，或者是說一種生態系統里面的公平元素。涉及的概念有點多。
2、在公民參與和公民行動上，相對而言發達國家有一些非營利組織可以提供公民參與的平臺和做一些倡導。不過相信即便是在發達國家，也僅僅是一種補充。食品安全是全球共同的憂慮，再進一步才是糧食主權。
3、在中國國內，也有一些人在做尋找老種子和保護老種子的工作。從保持物種多樣性的角度，肯定是有意義的。但是是不是老的種子就是“好”的，這個“好”究竟如何定義，倒不是那么容易下結論的。
4、現在被濫用的一個詞“有機”，其實這個詞背后也是面臨很大挑戰，大多數人認為有機就是純天然無污染，沒有“黑心農戶”濫用農藥之類。有機農業（Organic Agriculture）固然是指在生產中完全或基本不用人工合成的肥料、農藥、生長調節劑和畜禽飼料添加劑，而采用有機肥滿足作物營養需求的種植業，或采用有機飼料滿足畜禽營養需求的養殖業。但是如果思考的角度再加上人口，再加上客觀上的自然資源（水，空氣，土壤），再加上實際上有機是一套認證標準普通小農根本無法承擔認證。
所以個人的觀點是有機農業，或者退一步來說的生態農業固然可取。
但非有機，非生態農業，如果使用的農藥在可控范圍內，個人認為是不需要背負上無謂的道德譴責的，畢竟植物不是今天種下去明天就能收獲的，植物生長的過程中也不大可能完全不得病，而基礎的水空氣和土壤又面臨越來越多的結構化的問題。如果有人以情懷或道德制高的觀點來和我談論有機，起碼是很難打動我的。
但這也僅僅是我個人觀點。
不管怎樣，這是一道人和天地應該如何相處的命題，沒有標準答案。
附《討論原文》
In urban environment, in my country Estonia, it is more of a problem when You compare to situation in the rural areas, where people are still used to growing much of their own food. Yet, there are several networks and initiatives established to create direct contacts between farmers and citizens. For example, OTT is a network that has databases of farmers and people who organise the food distiribution in certain city parts etc. So You order your groceries directly from a farmer (on the Internet) and on agreed date the goods are either delivered in your doorstep or you can agree that You pick them up every certain day in from of the nearest supermarket. Also, in areas, where there a houses with gardens, people grow some food for themselves and have small pots of herbs etc. on their windowsills. More directs contact between the producer and the buyer is the key. Shorter supply chains enable more independence. One more detail, not specifically asked in the assignment,but collecting local, old sort seeds is one particular task we should be involved in :) The explanation would be longer but in short, there is a heritage reason behind it, not only emotional, but linked to the deeper connection between the Land and People, living on that particular geographical spot.
下面是其他學生的回應
I like your idea of a seed bank that would connect people more directly with the food they grow and eat and have a heritage rationale too.? I also think that shorter food chains between farmer and consumer would make the issue better.? However, in the US, we have these mega-food industrial complexes that have taken over much of the growing of our food (a lot of individual farmers just grow for these large industrial complexes now and sell to them).? These industrial complexes through their partners and distributors dictate to the large grocery stores such as Walmart or Target as what kinds of food, what form and at what prices.? (See an account of this by Wenonah Hauter, "Foodopoly")? So I think smaller and less developed countries are actually better off in some ways than highly industrialized and western countries like mine.
"Sustainable Berea," which is a community organization in Berea, Kentucky, U.S., has led the way in initiating several creative projects around food.? For example, they had a "seed library" (yes, I know it is a misnomer) throught which people could 'check out' seeds.? The information about the seeds that were taken was recorded.? The agreement was that we would plant the seeds (multiple varieties), keep data on how well they produced, and save seeds from the new plants.? Then we returned some of the new seeds back to the library to repay them.
Emily, that is a great project! I hope it can be maintained and help a lot of farmers.
In Europe, there are great discuccions going on about whether it is right to be able to patent seeds (ergo life), and a lot of people are fighting against thebig companies that want to patent their seeds (the last court decisions was on watermelons, I believe). Another problem is that there are legislations, which dictate the size and form of a fruit/vegetable to be able to sell it in supermarkets etc. So farmers stop growing a traditional, more diverse sorf of potato or cucumber and settle on the ones which have been slightly modified to grow more uniformely.
Emily! thank you for mentioning your seed library as it triggered a memory around?the non-profitSeedSavers Exchange(鏈接到外部網站。)which is part of the Driftless Region in which I live (but on the other side of the Mississippi River in Iowa). They offer an inspiring (and artisan) Heritage Farm, and the opportunity to purchase & share seeds, as well as workshops.?The organization grew out of a small local effort, the story can be heardhere(鏈接到外部網站。).?It is a beautiful story of how simple it can be to facilitate biodiversity.
The import & efficacy of seed banks is further illustrated bythis story(鏈接到外部網站。)about a clay vessel uncovered in Wisconsin on an archaeological dig, which held seeds that were 800 years old. The squash was regrown by students in Winnipeg, bringing back a squash that was thought to be extinct. Yay for seed banks?new & old!
Seedsavers exchange project is very interesting and great one. I really liked this. Today in this industrialized world every multi cooperation are ?gaining monopoly over seeds by having patent rights. This phenomenon has led our poor subsistence farmers to get access to seeds.
However, in my own country wave of globalization in terms of agriculture is yet to come. Farmers preserve their old seeds and they share among themselves harmoniously.
We used to have a similar program here in Pittsburgh, PA on a much smaller scale; ours was started by a local newspaper editor/gardening enthusiast and it focused solely on tomatoes. ?The program was interesting because the returned seeds would often yield new varieties of tomatoes.
Interesting to hear an Estonian perspective!
Hi Rea, I like the idea of collecting and then sharing seed is really interesting. Here's a lnk to a project that ran in Scotland called the Seed Truck which did exactly that, unfortunately as with many funding projects it was only funded for 3 years.
http://fifediet.co.uk/category/seed-truck/(鏈接到外部網站。)
Can you share the web site on the establishment of the contact between farmers and citizens of the site，THX
Very interesting as in US cities we are reverting to these ways in the form of urban farming, farmer's markets (farmers bring their products into the city for sale), and household gardening. Likewise, it is becoming increasingly prevalent in rural areas to see households developing their own food products so as to lower feeding costs and to have access to fresh, organic food stuffs.
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李麗瓊 記于2016年2月23日
