Call for Curiosity 2024: Cultivating farmer knowledge with farmer-led research
Learn about farmer-led research funding opportunities, events, and workshops.
Seeds
You Say Fava, I say Faba. We All Say Delicious!
In 2022, growers from four farms—including two rooftop farms—conduced a fava bean variety trial.
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...
Watermelons in Thunder Bay? A Landrace Breeding Project
Read about the landrace breeding project for watermelon that Evalisa McIllfaterick and two other farms started in 2022.
Call for Curiosity 2023: Answering your on-farm questions with help from EFAO’s Farmer-Led Research Program
Learn about farmer-led research events, workshops, and other opportunities this winter.
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.