CANOVI
CANADIAN ORGANIC VEGETABLE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
CANOVI is a collaboration with the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, that supports and connects researchers and farmers across Canada to engage in on-farm variety trials and participatory plant breeding projects to:
• Trial, evaluate, and share data about vegetable varieties’ flavour, suitability for seed production, and performance in agro-ecological settings.
• Create new, open pollinated lines of priority crops
• Adapt vegetable varieties to regional environments and climate resiliency
If you are a farmer using agro-ecological methods, and you’re interested in learning about variety trialing and plant breeding, please reach out to a Regional Coordinator about joining CANOVI.
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VARIETY TRIALS
Few variety trialing programs in Canada address the needs of agro-ecological farmers and seed producers, which has led to a scarcity of information about crop performance in those settings. CANOVI has generated important data about carrots, radicchio, rutabaga, squash, and red bell peppers. CANOVI is currently focused on heat tolerant lettuces, and orange and specialty carrots. |
PARTICIPATORY PLANT BREEDING (PPB)
Open-pollinated (OP) varieties are the foundation of farm-based seed saving. Developing organic OP varieties means working with seeds which can be adapted, saved, and shared by farmers, keeping biodiversity in their hands and increasing farm resilience in the face of climate change. CANOVI is currently focused on developing OP lines of specialty and orange carrots for domestic seed production. |
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RESULTS AND WEBINARS
CANOVI REPORTS BY CROP
Red Carrot Variety Trial Reports
Orange Carrot Variety Trial Reports
Mulit-colour "Specialty" Carrots Variety Trial Reports
Rutabaga Variety Trial Reports
Radicchio Variety Trial Reports
CANOVI WEBINARS & FARM CLUBS BY YEAR
2024 CANOVI Playlist on YouTube
2023 CANOVI Playlist on YouTube
2022 CANOVI Playlist on YouTube
FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
