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.
Mel and I caught up on a recent sunny afternoon over some cold lemonades on the sprawling UBC Farm… just kidding, this interview happened over Zoom like everything else during these crazy times. Nevertheless, Mel’s Read more…
Our first Citizen Seed Trial farmer interview comes to us from Hank Keogh of Avoca Seed in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Hank bred the Dazzling Blue kale variety being used as the control variety in the Read more…
Welcome to the Citizen Seed Trial 2020 blog series! This year we’d like to introduce you to the people behind the Citizen Seed Trail project, from plant breeders and seed producers to the facilitators who Read more…