Micaela Colley
Port Townsend
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Building Buckwheat Community -
Farmers, researchers, culinarians and eaters convened at the OSA WA research farm on August 26th to uplift the virtues of buckwheat from field to fork. Buckwheat interest is rising as an ideal crop to address climate change challenges, enhance agroecosystems, and diversify our diets. Several recent projects have initiated research, engaged culinarians, and expanded on-farm trials and buckwheat seed production including the New Grains Northwest and Soil to Society initiatives led by WSU.
Uplifting Buckwheat in the Pacific Northwest
Buckwheat is a tiny but mighty staple crop emerging in the Pacific Northwest food and farming scene with potential to diversify our diets, reinvigorate traditional cultural food pathways, and bolster environmental benefits on our agricultural landscape. While buckwheat food markets are less well established in US diets than in other regions of the world, it is an important food crop and key ingredient in many traditional cuisines revered by a diversity of cultures across the globe.
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.
Spinach Trial Underway to Inform Seed Production
Access to a consistent seed supply of varieties adapted to organic and low-input production is important for success of organic and ecological farmers and gardeners. Plant breeders however are often so focused on production qualities of a variety such as flavor, beauty, or disease resistance, that they overlook the variety’s potential for quality and quantity of the seed produced.
From genes to policy: mission-oriented governance of plant-breeding research and technologies
1 Introduction With Horizon Europe there is a €95.5 billion program fostering mission-oriented research and innovation in Europe (Mazzucato, 2019), entailing a new approach to research and its governance aiming to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs; Mazzucato, 2018). Mission orientation calls for a changed role of state and public organizations.
Sign up by July 1 to Participate in an On-farm Carrot Trial
Let’s explore and celebrate carrot diversity together! Farmers, seed savers, and on-farm plant breeders are invited to collaborate in trialing orange and novel colored carrot varieties and populations including red, yellow, purple, and rainbow varieties.
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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