Patrick Steiner, Seedgrower and owner/operator of Stellar Seeds, lives and farms in Sorrento. Patrick is also currently researching and writing a handbook for farmers about how to integrate seedgrowing into their mixed farms, both ecologically and economically. The projected completion date is March 2007, and the handbook will be available online. He is a board member of USC Canada and recently attended a global gathering of seed-savers and activists in Ethiopia. Patrick can be reached by email by taking his first name and joining it to his website name "stellarseeds.com" with the "@" symbol.

Heather Pritchard is the Executive Director of Farm Folk/City Folk, a long time food activist and co-founder/farmer with Glorious Organics Co-op in the Fraser Valley. She is the grand daughter of H. G. Neufeld, recently inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame for his work as a plant breeder in the early development of canola seed. Proud grandmother of two, she invests many of her too few spare moments tasting the wonders and exploring the mysteries of Fraser Common Farm with Schiller and Liam. You can reach Heather using email by joining the word "sustain" to the domain name for Farm Folk/City Folk, namely "ffcf.bc.ca".

Chris Wells has run a Certified Organic farm, Influence Organics, for 4 years, and has spent the past 3 years working with Victoria's Compost Education Centre teaching urban composting and agriculture. His focus his been on no-till soil management, composting, irrigation systems, seed growing. He has been very involved in local grassroots agriculture projects including organizing a number of local workshops; designing and leading workshops; and working with Victoria-based non-profits on all levels. He is the author of the seed growing survey being used to gather data for this project. To contact Chris use the name "quinoa" in conjunction with the domain name "shaw.ca".

Susan Davidson, also of Glorious Organics Co-op, is a farmer and passionate eater of all things local. She was a founding member of BCARA (B. C. Association of Regenerative Agriculture), which is one of the local organic certifying bodies. Based on many years of experience with Community Alternatives Society and consensus decision-making, she helped found Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-op. She has been active with Your Local Farmers Markets Society for ten years and is a member of Langley Organic Growers who vend at the Trout Lake Market. She receives funding from Farm Folk/City Folk to facilitate and record the steering team's phone conferences. Susan can be reached by combining the appellation "glorious" with the domain "portal.ca".

Arthur Ralfs, after abandoning a teaching career 5 years ago, moved back to Victoria in 2001 and started ArthursNursery.com, which is dedicated to producing ornamental plants using organic growing techniques. At present he produces mostly rhododendrons but wants to expand into other plants, notably Japanese maples, azaleas, magnolias, dogwoods, bamboo and other ornamental perennials suitable for potted plant production. He is interested in garlic after suffering white rot devastation and subsequently taking Fred Crowe's workshop on garlic disease management. Other interests are "hi-tech organic", which is envisioned as using hi-tech measuring and sensing equipment coupled with information systems to achieve organic optimization, and the melding of the principles of Free software with those of the Organic movement. To get in touch with Arthur stick "acralfs" in front of the domain name "shaw.ca" with the "@" symbol in between, as usual.