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Events · March 27, 2018

Learn How to Grow Organic Seed in California on April 7th

Join OSA’s Southern California Seed Hub, San Diego Seed Company, and Bancroft Center for Sustainability for a one-day training on incorporating organic seed production into your diversified farm plan. The workshop will be held on Saturday, April 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Steve Peters of OSA and Brijette Pena of the San Diego Seed Company will provide hands-on instruction to help you grow organic seed for the commercial market. This training will help participants understand seed production biology; on-farm breeding; seed harvesting and cleaning; and how to conduct variety trials and choose seed crops for a specific system and climate. Participants will also learn about the economics of seed production and how to identify markets.

Date | Saturday, April 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location | Bancroft Center for Sustainability located at 3845 Spring Drive, Spring Valley, CA 91977
Cost | $35 includes full day of instruction and lunch. Register here.
Questions? | Please contact Amber Keeney

This training is intended for farmers, researchers, and agricultural students. Prior experience in seed growing is recommended. Participants are encouraged to review OSA’s publications and tutorials before the course at www.seedalliance.org/all-publications.

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Regions: California

Categories: Events

Tags: Events, Organic plant breeding, Regional Seed Networks, Seed Economics, Seed Production, Seed production biology, Variety trials

Cathleen McCluskey

Cathleen McCluskey is the outreach director at Organic Seed Alliance. Cathleen supports OSA communications, and coordination of regional and national outreach efforts, and is the chair of the biennial Organic Seed Growers Conference.

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