Heather Elizabeth Apple Explained

Heather Elizabeth Apple
Birth Date:1948
Birth Place:Toronto

Heather Elizabeth Apple (born 1948) is a Canadian writer, artist, and educator, with an interest in organic horticulture. She was awarded a 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal in 1992.

Early life

She attended Branksome Hall, and graduated in 1967,[1] then earned a B.Sc. Honours degree in 1972[1] in biology [2] from the University of Toronto.

Heritage and organic agriculture

In 1984, Canadian Organic Growers (COG) organized a conference on the loss of genetic diversity in food crops, with Kent Whealy the director of the U.S. organization Seed Savers Exchange as keynote speaker. Inspired by that conference, COG's Heritage Seed Program (HSP) was initiated to help salvage Canada's crop-plant heritage, with Alex Caron as coordinator. In late 1987, after the HSP had lain dormant for about two years, Heather Apple, as a long-term organic gardener, past president of the Durham, Ontario chapter of COG, and a Seed Savers Exchange contributor, responded to a request from Alex Caron and volunteered to reinitiate the programme.[3] Her aim was to develop it as a grass-roots seed-saving organization modeled after the Seed Savers Exchange,[4] and beginning with an announcement in August 1988, she produced a separate newsletter for the program[3] which became a magazine by December 1988.[5]

The Heritage Seed Program/Semences du patrimoine grew to become Seeds of Diversity Canada/Semences du patrimoine (SoDC), incorporated and renamed in 1995; Apple served as president of SoDC thru 1993. She also served as vice president of the Society of Ontario Nut Growers (SONG), 1990–1991.[6]

Art

Heather Apple has been a member of the board of directors of the Gibsons Public Art Gallery in Gibsons, British Columbia, and of the Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival. She is an active member of the Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild,[7] and the Sunshine Coast Fibreshed.[8]

Writing

Heather Apple began writing seriously about gardening for the Heritage Seed Program, and this grew into freelance work as a garden writer, primarily for magazines.

Selected appearances

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charters, S.. 2012. Canadian Who's Who. Third Sector Publishing.
  2. Web site: Saving older seed varieties may avert global disaster. Ann Rhodes. 1995. Ecological Agriculture Projects, McGill University.
  3. Magazine of Seeds of Diversity Canada. 18. 1/2. 2005. From Our Archive: Heather Apple introduced the Heritage Seed Programme in her first newsletter in August 1988.
  4. Susan Haldane. Photography by Peter Sibbald.. 1990. Apple's Seeds: Back to the future in the Heritage Seed Program garden. Harrowsmith. 89. 78–83.
  5. Web site: Magazine Article Index: Heritage Seed Program 1988-1995. Seeds of Diversity. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213629/http://www.seeds.ca/lib/mag/SoD%20index%201996.html. 2013-10-04.
  6. Web site: SONG News Fall 1990. 37. 2013-09-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061001/http://web.ncf.ca/bf250/songnews/v037.html. 2016-03-04. dead.
  7. Web site: Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928030451/http://scswg.org/SCSAWG.htm. 2013-09-28.
  8. Web site: Sunshine Coast Fibreshed: Local fibres, local dyes, local artisans on BC's Sunshine Coast.
  9. Book: How to save your own seeds: a handbook for home seed production. Diane Joubert. Bob Wildfong. 5th. Toronto, ON. Seeds of Diversity Canada. 2005.
  10. Web site: National Magazine Award Winners 2000. Sources:International Guide to Expert Sources & Media Spokespersons.

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