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The Transformative Power of Seed Saving

Join a farmer-led conversation elevating the vital role of seeds in our future. From providing climate resilience to sustaining cultural connections, seed sovereignty is essential for all communities.

As the world’s agriculture and food systems face a crisis of disappearing seed diversity, small-scale farmers here in San Diego County are fighting for seed sovereignty, coming together to design a relational seed network, protecting critical knowledge for how to save and adapt heirloom seeds, and resisting mounting corporate pressure to use industrialized seed and farming methods.

In this session, connect with the knowledge of our land and ancestors through seeds, and let's learn together how to cooperatively build and sustain a seed network in San Diego County. Join us in transforming the food system through seeds.

Voices

Facilitator

Bianca Bonilla (she/her) - Botanical Community Development Initiatives, Community Roots Farm
Cathryn Henning (she/her) - Beeworthy Farms

Speakers

Paul Maschka (he/him) - Wild Willow Farm & Education Center
Thi Vo (she/her) - Oceanview Growing Grounds
Jazzay Buncom (she/her) - S&S Friendly Ranch
Javier Flores (he/him) - Seeds@City Urban Farm
Rufus Jimenez (he/him) - Golden Eagle Farm
Jose Alcaraz (he/him) - La Chispa Farm