ALLISON SQUIRES
In this episode
Steph talks to Allison Squires of Upland Organics in Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 Territory. Allison has been an organic grain farmer for thirteen years, is the President of Canadian Organic Growers (COG), and a farmer mentor with the Young Agrarians apprenticeship program. In this episode, she talks about regional seed as an important adaptive tool for climate change, her work in pioneering organic grain research programs, and the recent changes to Canadian regulations on genetically engineered organisms.
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- The Participatory Plant Breeding program for field crops
- Canadian Organic Growers (COG)
- COG’s Supporting Canadian Regenerative Organic Oat Supply program
- COG article: "Corporate Influence Threatens Farmers’ Right to Choose"
- CBAN article: "New regulatory guidance sets up corporate self-regulation of GMOs"
- Young Agrarians
