Funding Opportunities from the Bauta Family Initiative For Canadian Seed Security

It has been a busy first growing season for The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security! We have partnered with the University of Manitoba on a national on-farm participatory plant breeding program with growers across the country, held training events and field days, coordinated variety trials, and have been researching the organic seed market and Canadian seed policy. Lots of information on our activities and media coverage is up on our website (www.seedsecurity.ca).

We are announcing three exciting funding opportunities for ecological growers, seed producers and food and farming organizations across Canada. These are:

  • Funds for seed training and exchange events, to promote high quality seed saving and the exchange of biodiverse, ecological seed.
  • Funds for projects that support public access, multiplication and diversification of seed available to farmers and the general public.
  • A Seed Facilitation Fund, to support projects to build capacity, scale up and/or diversify production of ecological, regionally adapted vegetable seed and grains.

Details on the funds available, eligible projects and how to apply are available online. Please note that the call for proposals for the Seed Facilitation Fund will be issued on November 1st.

Stay tuned to www.seedsecurity.ca for more exciting news this fall! The report from the pilot year of The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, and a Seed Saving Training Toolkit (resources for seed saving trainers developed in partnership with the Organic Seed Alliance) will soon be online.

Thank you for all you to do support seed security in Canada.



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