Seeds Archives

Returning Home: The Rematriation of the Algonquin Pumpkin and Speckled Algonquin Bean

Indigenous, Print Publication, Seeds, Uplifting BIPOC

By Rebecca Ivanoff At the EFAO Conference in 2024, Kara Tremblay and Janice Brant connected and began dreaming of rematriating the Algonquin Pumpkin and Speckled Algonquin Bean back to Kara’s community project at Leading Cloud Gardens in Apitipi. “I...

2026 Farmer-led research trials

Climate Change, Farmer-Led Research, Living Lab, No-Till, Seeds, Soil Health

What do fish guts, wool, thistles, and dry beans all have in common? Farmer-led research!

Mentorship is an Old Story. Let’s Keep Telling It.

EFAO, Seed Mentorship, Seeds

Mentorship can be a space of reclamation, renewal, and connection. Agriculture carries deep and diverse lineages of foodways and stewardship that continue through the sharing of knowledge from one grower to another.

Seeds, Transparency, and Choice: GM Tomatoes Threaten to Enter the Market

Issues, Seeds

As genetically modified garden seeds begin to appear in Canada, growers may want to take a closer look at how these changes can affect seed saving, organic production, and transparency.

Call for Curiosity 2026: Cultivating farmer knowledge with farmer-led research

Conference, Education, Farmer-Led Research, Seeds

Learn about farmer-led research funding opportunities, events, and workshops.

A Home Run with Baseball Cabbages

Farming, Seeds

What does it take to revive and preserve Canadian-bred baseball cabbage vartieties for home and market gardening?