This presentation was recorded live at the Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2020 as part of the session on Accessing Agrobiodiversity: Practical Knowledge for Finding and Using Rare Seeds. More presentations from this session and the conference can be found in this playlist.

About the session:
Despite staggering losses in crop diversity over the past century — from commercial varieties falling out of favor to crop wild relatives lost to habitat destruc-tion — the world is still home to a great diversity of plants relevant to agriculture (collectively known as “agrobiodiver-sity”). Between traditional farming communities, public and private seedbanks, garden-scale seed savers, and wild and feral plant populations, a wide array of crop plants are still available to people who work with seed. Learn practical tools and strategies from farmer-breeders, public breeders, and regional seed companies on how to find and access novel and diverse germplasm through formal and informal networks and collections. Discussions will include issues related to seed importation and recognition of sources of origin, including respect for farmers’ and breeders’ rights in using these plant genetic resources.
This conference was organized by the Organic Seed Alliance. Recordings made by eOrganic.

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