The Seed and the Garden: A Story of an Interrelated and Interdependent Success
The spirit of winter is arriving, and organic seed growers in the Northern hemisphere are rushing to dry, clean, and store the harvest of this season. Many gardeners and farmers in the country are planning what they will grow next season, and when and where they will order the seed. There is a subtle fact: even if they don’t know each other, their success is interconnected and interdependent. The fate of next year’s harvest is unfolding now in the hands of the seed growers. May the harvest continue to be abundant and decisively organic, may the hands that make it possible be blessed and healthy.
Our Educational Harvests: 2025 Graduates and 2026 Courses
This season, I would also like to share some of the harvests we’ve had at Organic Seed Alliance:
- With the support of 10 organic seed farmers from the Western United States and many expert plant breeders, we co-designed a curriculum of on-farm Plant Breeding for Resilient Organic Systems. In 2026, we plan to hold our first cohort for this class, registration opening soon.
- We are about to graduate ~20 farmers from all around the country and Canada from our Organic Seed Production Course (online, synchronous version). Congratulations to the 2025 cohort, and thank you to the Transition to Organic Partnership Program for their funding of this course. The registration for our 2026 cohort is now open. We invite farmers and gardeners who want to deepen their seed production skills to apply. Please share with your network.
Wishing all of you a safe and nurturing winter,
Thank you for all your support in this work.
Best regards,
Ana Galvis
