Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security 2021 Webinar Series
Posted: July 8, 2021
Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites / Webinars
The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security is hosting a 2021 seed webinar series on seed security in Canada, with support from SeedChange, the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, Organic Alberta, FarmFolk CityFolk, and the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network.
“The global pandemic has shown that stewardship of seed and innovation in plant breeding have never been more important to support Canada’s seed security,” Bauta shares. “Our 2021 webinar series will explore how farmers and plant breeders are working to save and improve important Canadian crop varieties, as well as the regional seed systems that make those varieties available for the benefit of all Canadians.”
All webinars are free to attend. Details and registration links are below.
GROWING SEED ON CONTRACT: MEET SEED COMPANIES AND LOCAL GROWERS
July 15, 2021: 6 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Speakers: Kim Delaney, Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds (Ontario), Jean-Francois Lévèsque, Jardin de l’Écoumène (Quebec), Marie-Claude Comeau, La Radicle (Quebec), Jessica Gale, Sweet Gale Gardens (Ontario), Arzeena Hamir, Amara Farms (British Columbia)
LEGUMES: DIVERSIFICATION, CROP ROTATION AND SEED SUPPLY
July 20, 2021: 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Speakers: Neil Whatley and Ayitre Akpakouma
BEETS: BREEDING FOR FLAVOUR AND COLOUR
July 29, 2021: 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Speakers: Solveig Hanson, Mel Sylvestre
RED CARROTS: A PARTICIPATORY BREEDING PROJECT
August 2021 / EXACT DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Speakers: Chris Thoreau, Solveig Hansen
FRESH PEAS: BOTANY AND GENETICS
Summer 2021 / EXACT DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Speakers: Duane Falk
BEANS: BREEDING AND SELECTING SPECIALTY VARIETIES
September 2021 / EXACT DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Speakers to be confirmed.
HOW TO BREED YOUR OWN POTATO VARIETY
October 2021 / EXACT DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Speakers: Helen Jensen, Christopher Kelly-Bisson, Duane Falk
RUTABAGA: LEARNING BIENNIAL SEED CULTIVATION
October 2021 / EXACT DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Speakers to be confirmed.
COLLABORATIVE VARIETY TRIALS RESULTS ACROSS CANADA
January 2022 / EXACT DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Speakers to be confirmed.