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Category Archives: Seed and Story
OSA & WSU Host Workshop for San Juan Farmers
OSA’s seed saving workshop for gardeners and farmers took place on a frosty fall morning last Monday at Skagit Valley Community College/WSU Extension on San Juan Island. The workshop was designed for folks of all seed saving knowledge levels, along … Continue reading
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Fall Field Day at Prairie Road Organic Farm
Last Saturday, OSA teamed up with the Family Farmers Seed Cooperative and Prairie Road Organic Farm to teach a course on the Fundamentals of Organic Seed Production and Variety Improvement in Fullerton, North Dakota. I led a classroom session in … Continue reading
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Chef Dan Barber: Why Plant Breeders Matter
Our favorite part of this Driven by Flavor interview with Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns starts around the 44 minute mark. Building community-based organic seed systems takes advocates of all ilks, which is why we are … Continue reading
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Resilient Food Systems Begin with Locally Adapated Seed
The front page story in today’s (May 13) USA Today about the “high cost of weather” says “it looks like 2011 is perhaps going to set a new record” of weather-related costs. It is also interesting that ranchers in Texas … Continue reading
OSA Helps Empower Seed Stewards in CA
Last Sunday, March 27th, OSA partnered with the Humboldt Permaculture Guild to help farmers and gardeners get ready for spring at the 13th annual Humboldt Seed and Plant Exchange in Manila, CA. Hundreds of people crowded into the Manila Community … Continue reading
“Without Seeds There is No Human Food System”
Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed and Gathering Together Farm talks about the importance of seed. Cross-posted from GoodFood World.
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Seed Sovereignty Declaration
Cross-posted from Food Freedom Watch this inspiring video that features students at Peñasco Middle School and Roots and Wings Charter School reading the Declaration of Seed Sovereignty in 2010. We cannot forget the important role our youth will play in … Continue reading
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Farmer Nash Huber Awarded “Sustie”
OSA supporter and seed systems advocate, Nash Huber, was awarded a “Sustie” at last week’s EcoFarm Conference in Pacific Grove, CA. We’re thrilled for Nash and excited that EcoFarm publicly recognizes the amazing work he does for sustainable agriculture. Please … Continue reading
Report from OSA’s Grain & Seed Field Day in Humboldt County
OSA hosted a grain and seed field day at Shakefork Community Farm in Carlotta, Humboldt County, CA this past weekend. OSA’s Jared Zystro lectured on seed saving basics, commercial seed production, and the basics on on-farm plant breeding. Farm owners … Continue reading
Nash Huber Wins American Farmland Trust Steward of The Land Award
Today I attended an awards lunch for one of my true heroes – Nash Huber of Sequim, Washington. Nash won the American Farmland Trust’s Stewards of the Land award. It’s a major award, in terms of recognition and money, and … Continue reading
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