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Please note: this session is fully subscribed. To be added to the waiting list or to express your interest in future seed training please email sarah.dummett@lantra.co.uk 

Producing an open pollinated seed crop on your farm can improve the quality of your future crops, increase plant adaptation to local conditions, give you access to new varieties and new skills. Seed production can also bring an added income stream to your farm through contract growing or direct sales in the future.

Our 12-month seed production training is designed to give you the tools to grow open pollinated vegetable seed crops competently. The course is being delivered as a partnership between Tyfu Cymru and the UK Seed Sovereignty Programme. We will welcome outside teachers to lead on specific topics, as well as working closely with expert trainers from the Heritage Seed Library.

This first session will look at the background of the Seed Sovereignty Programme and the partnership with Tyfu Cymru. It will look at opportunities such as on farm adaptation, seed swapping, seed selling, participatory plant breeding and genetic diversity.

Overview:

  • History of Seed
  • Political Seed Landscape
  • Agroecological growing practices

This webinar is part of the Intermediate Vegetable Seed Training Programme.