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Events · March 20, 2018

Recordings and More from the 9th Organic Seed Growers Conference

The 9th Organic Seed Growers Conference drew more than 600 participants last month and organizers are still buzzing from all of the excitement. Read highlights from the conference here and see below for additional follow-up resources from the event.

Co-host eOrganic broadcasted the Seed Economics Intensive and a selection of workshops live from the conference. These recordings are now available online.

Conference proceedings are also available online and can be downloaded from our publications page. The proceedings include perspectives and scientific findings from our 60+ speakers on a wide variety of topics discussed at the conference.

There’s still time to purchase conference shirts and hoodies. Proceeds from these sales go directly to OSA.

Did you attend the conference in person and have yet to complete an evaluation? We’d love to hear from you so we can improve for 2020. Please take a few minutes to complete an online conference evaluation.

And mark your calendar for the 10th Organic Seed Growers Conference! We’ve already confirmed the dates for the next conference: February 12-15, 2020, in Corvallis, Oregon.

Thanks to Trav Williams of Broken Banjo Photography for capturing images throughout the week. See below for a slideshow of event highlights.

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    The Willamette Valley Seed Tour included a diversity of farm sizes.
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    Tour host Hank Keogh of Avoca Seed Farm in a field of 'Dazzling Blue' kale.
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    Tour participants saw a variety of seed equipment.
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    Tour participants saw a variety of seed equipment.
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    Tour participants saw a variety of seed equipment.
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    Tour host Peter Kenagy of Kenagy Family Farm.
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    Tour leader Laurie McKenzie of Organic Seed Alliance playing in the seeds.
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    The Synergy Space provided opportunities for deeper discussions.
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    The Seed-O-Matic cranked out seeds in the Trade Show tent.
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    The Culinary Breeding Network's display of breeding basics.
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    Several participants brought their seed equipment to demonstrate.
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    Dr. Edith Lammerts van Bueren delivered the opening keynote focused on systems breeding.
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    The Culinary Breeding Network hosted an incredible tasting showcase on Friday evening.
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    The Culinary Breeding Network's newly released squash flavor wheel.
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    Squash tasting prepared by Chef Tim Wetzel.
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    Dr. Stephen Jones of WSU's Bread Lab receives a standing ovation for recently receiving The Clif Bar & King Arthur Flour Endowed Chair in Organic Grain Breeding & Innovation.
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    Nash's Organic Produce demonstrated their seed oil press during the Friday evening tasting.
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    Congressman Peter DeFazio returned to his district to deliver the Saturday keynote.
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    The Congressman posed for a group photo after his keynote address.
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    Mojave Kaplan demoed a seed winnower throughout the conference.
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    Participants got a look into current research at the Scientific Research Poster session.
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    Beauty abound at Saturday night's seed swap.
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    There is always a plethora of diversity at the seed swap.
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    There is always a plethora of diversity at the seed swap.
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    Seed swappers went late into the evening on Saturday.

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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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