Come see the BC Seeds team at the Pacific Agriculture Show in Abbotsford! We will have a table and be giving a presentation on our work. See you there.
Designed for students who want to: Learn about producing organic seeds, commercial seed production, and build their own business following their own unique seed-farm business plan.
Supported by Metro Vancouver, the Citizen Seed Trial is entering its third year in 2019. Our aim is to bring growers of all scales into the seed conversation.
On March 1, 2019 FarmFolk CityFolk signed a lease on 3-1/2 acres of certified organic land in Abbotsford to launch the FarmFolk CityFolk Research & Education Seed Farm.
We hope to identify varieties which perform best in each region as well as those varieties which can be scaled up for bulk seed production.
The mobile seed cleaner houses a selection of seed processing tools to help seed growers scale up production
Check out our resource directory to find all things seed: suppliers, publications, equipment, and more!
Check out our seed enterprise budget spreadsheet tool to help you calculate the production costs and potential revenue of your seeds crops.
After a winter of design and fabrication we are excited to be taking the mobile seed cleaner out on tour across BC. We have stops in the Lower Mainland, Okanagan, Kootenays, and Vancouver Island scheduled Read more…
One aspect of the mobile seed trailer I have not yet written a lot about is our collaboration with UBC engineering students to design and build a seed cleaner for us. They are working from Read more…
Today we tested the Clipper! I happened to get some wheat seed form a grower in Chilliwack this week which was perfect timing for getting the Clipper running. The test runs are important for getting Read more…