Past events
Time Savers for Seed Savers
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Exploring cucurbit genetics: Practical breeding strategies for watermelon, melon, and cucumber adaptation
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QUALITY TESTING FOR MARKETING SPECIALTY AND ORGANIC GRAINS
Date: November 13, 2024, 2:00 pm eastern time. Speakers: Michelle Dang (SeedChange), Robert Beauchemin (La Milanaise), Ward Middleton (Midmore Farm), Chris Wooding (Ironwood Organics)
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PLANT BREEDING PROJECTS VIRTUAL SHOWCASE
Date: January 30, 2024, 2:00 pm eastern time. Speakers: Fiona Hamersley (Metchosin Seeds, BC), Craig Boychuk (No Coast Seeds, SK), Dan Brisebois (Ferme Tournesol Farm QC), Chris Sanford (Yonder Hill Farm, NS).
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CANOVI-CIOA CARROT TRIALS RESULTS FARM CLUB
Date: February 7, 2024, 1:00 pm eastern time. Speakers: Micaela Colley (Organic Seed Alliance), Phil Simon (UDSA), Weijia Wang and Chris Thoreau (CANOVI).
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Lessons from the Breadlab
Date: March 6, 2024, 1:00 pm central time. Speakers: Robin Morgan (Breadlab), Michelle Carkner (University of Manitoba).
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Seed Germination
Date: October 17, 2023, 12:30 PM Eastern time. Speakers: Aaron Lyons (Hawthorn Farm), Dr. Axel Diederichsen and Debbie Nordstrom (Plant Gene Resources Canada), Chris Thoreau (BC Seeds, Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement program).
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Growing Seed on Contract
Date: November 1, 2023, 2:00 PM Eastern time. Speakers: Jenny Fortier (Northern Wildflowers), Marie-Claude Comeau (la Radicule), and representatives of a Seed Workers Organizing Group, Lindsay Klaunig, Heron Breen, and Edmund Frost.
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Growing Heritage Grains
Date: April 7, 2022. Speakers: Samuel Peprah (Mackenzie Applied Research Association).
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Can I Save it? Intellectual Property Rights & Vegetable Varieties
Date: March 15, 2022. Speakers: Christy Ó Ceallaigh-Bisson & Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt (SeedChange), Luke Jefferies & Janice Brant (Kenhte:keSeed Sanctuary and Learning Centre)
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Flower Seed Production
Date: March 30, 2022. Speakers: Dan Brisebois (Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm), Stacey Denton (Flora), Eric Budzynski (Floret), with moderator Clara Qualizza (Meadow & Thicket Farm Flowers, The Sustainable Flowers Podcast)
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Seed Equipment
Date: March 23, 2022. Speakers: Thomas Seguin (La Ferme de l’Iserole, Atelier Paysan), David Catzel (Farm Folk City Folk), Mark Luterra (Winnow Wizard inventor/producer)
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Collaborative Variety Trials Results across Canada
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How to Breed & Register your own Potato Variety
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Rutabaga: Learning Biennial Seed Cultivation
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Fresh Peas: Botany and Genetics
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Breeding & Selecting Specialty Bean Varieties
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Breeding for Flavour and Colour in Beets
Date: July 29, 2021. Speakers: Solveig Hanson (Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm), and Mel Sylvestre (Grounded Acres Organic Farm, BC EcoSeed Co-op, and University of British Columbia)
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Legumes: Diversification, Crop Rotation and Seed Supply
Date: July 20, 2021. Speakers: Neil Whatley (Wilmette Institute), and Ayitre Akpakouma (La Terre Chez Nous).
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Growing Seed on Contract: Meet Seed Companies and Local Growers
Date: July 15, 2021. Speakers: Kim Delaney (Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds, ON), Jean-Francois Lévèsque (Jardin de l'Écoumène, QC), Marie-Claude Comeau (La Radicle, QC), Jessica Gale (Sweet Gale Gardens, ON), Arzeena Hamir (Amara Farms, BC)
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DWARF TOMATO BREEDING
JUNE 18th, 2020
--- Hosted in partnership with Farm Folk City Folk’s Citizen Seed Trials project.
--- Guest: Craig LeHoullier
RADICCHIO!
AUGUST 4, 2020 (2pm eastern time)
--- Hosted in partnership with the Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement Project (CANOVI).
--- Guests: Alex Lyon (CANOVI); Brian Campbell (Uprising Seeds); Dan Brisebois (Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm); Linda Fenstermaker (Osborne Seed
PEPPERS!
AUGUST 19, 2020
--Hosted in partnership with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO)
--Guests: Annie Richard (Kitchen Table Seed House), Daniel Brisebois (Tournesol Cooperative Farml), Isabelle Paquin, Francis Gagnon (La Graine à Gagnon), David Croteau (Domaine Brittania Mills), Michael Mazourek (Cornell University)
