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Upper Midwest Seed Summit Agenda

October 17, 2019  |  The Goodman Center, Madison, WI

8:30 AM  Continental breakfast

9:00 AM  Welcome and introductions

9:35 AM   Presentation: Regional climate projections and climatic considerations for seed production

10:20 AM  Panel discussion: Valuing regional, organic and specialty seed

11:15 AM  Open space for lateral learning-  participants host conversations on topics of their choosing. Organizers will suggest topics based on responses to registration questions. Anyone may host or attend any conversation for as long as it  feels relevant. 

12:30 PM  Lunch catered by Working Class Catering

1:15 PM  Strategy session: Facilitated groups will work together to identify regional priorities for research, education, network development and/or collective action to strengthen the Upper Midwest seed system.

2:45 PM  Tour of strategy session results

3:15 PM  Variety tasting, seed swap, open space conversations continued

4:30 PM  Closing

5:30 PM  Drinks and dinner at Next Door Brewery

 

October 18, 2019  |  DC Smith Greenhouse, UW–Madison Campus

8:30 AM  Load in seed cleaning equipment for demonstration

9:00 AM  Light breakfast and coffee/tea

9:30 AM  Seed cleaning equipment demonstration and discussion

11:00 AM  Squash variety tasting with Seed to Kitchen Collaborative

11:45 AM  Demonstrate Winnow Wizard and/or belt thresher (walk to Dairy Forage Research Center for belt thresher)

12:30 PM  Adjourn (possibly head somewhere for lunch together)

 

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Albert Lea Seed

Blooming Prairie Foundation

Ceres Trust

The Good Acre

Minnesota Depart of Agriculture

Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)

Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)

Willy St. Co-op

 

Summit Hosts

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Planning Committee

Cathleen McCluskey, Organic Seed Alliance

Claire Luby, UW-Madison, Open Source Seed Initiative

Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance

Julie Dawson, Seed to Kitchen Collaborative, UW-Madison

Kitt Healy, Organic Seed Alliance

Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen, Seed Sages

Lisa Kissing-Kucek, USDA-ARS

Micaela Colley, Organic Seed Alliance

Key Contact

Kitt Healy, Research & Education Associate, Midwest
kitt@seedalliance.org

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