Seeds

Results of the 2022 CANOVI Trials

Results of the 2022 CANOVI Trials

The Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement Project (CANOVI) is a five-year collaborative project launched in 2018 by the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, and FarmFolk CityFolk.   The goal of CANOVI is...
Why Regionally Adapted Seed Matters

Why Regionally Adapted Seed Matters

Seed is essential to the fabric of ecological agriculture and is embedded in the work we as a community of ecological growers are doing to create a better world. When thinking about why local, ecological, regionally-adapted seed matters, we must grapple with both systemic influences on seed, as well as the immensely personal relationships that are created when working with seed.