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Articles by Jared Zystro
Sorghum and Mung Beans for Community Plant Breeding
Dozens of varieties of sorghum and mung beans are growing at OSA’s California Research Field at the College of the Redwoods Organic Farm in Shively, CA as part of a collaboration with the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance. It is the start of a new community plant breeding project to develop adapted and culturally meaningful new crop varieties. These lines came from the USDA plant germplasm system – the system of seed banks which hold seed of thousands of crop varieties.
Organic Seed Certification Collaborative Planning Session February 27th
State of Organic Seed Report “Seed growers are at the heart of organic seed systems. From farmers who save seeds to the growers behind the varieties in seed catalogs, there wouldn’t be a seed—or food—supply without these producers.
Report Back from the Organic Grower Summit
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to participate in the Organic Grower Summit in Monterey, CA, a conference that focuses on larger organic specialty crop producers in California. I was invited to join a panel discussing the current challenges in organic seed, and I’d like to share some insights from our conversations about the present and future of organic seed.
Saving Seeds from Sweet Corn – Mother Earth News
Wondering how to preserve sweet corn seeds? Saving seeds from sweet corn is an easy way to keep your harvest delicious year after year. The Seed Garden (Seed Savers Exchange, 2015) by Micaela Colley & Jared Zystro and edited by Lee Buttala & Shanyn Siegel brings together decades of research and hands-on experience to teach both novice gardeners and seasoned horticulturists how to save the seeds of their favorite vegetable varieties.
Quinoa Trials in California Underway for Another Season
Organic Seed Alliance’s California-based field research season is underway with our participatory quinoa breeding project. We’re continuing to partner with Blake Richards at Wild Rose Farm to advance over 80 quinoa breeding lines this field season. These lines have been selected for over a decade to thrive in organic, high-density, dry farm conditions. We’re excited to share that we’ve begun sending out sample seed of some of these lines for growers to test.
Saving Onion and Shallot Seeds
The Seed Garden (Seed Savers Exchange, 2015) by Micaela Colley & Jared Zystro and edited by Lee Buttala & Shanyn Siegel brings together decades of research and hands-on experience to teach both novice gardeners and seasoned horticulturists how to save the seeds of their favorite vegetable varieties. Although common onions are biennial, they may still be an appropriate seed crop for beginner seed savers, provided a gardener takes care in choosing which varieties to grow.
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