BC Seed Security Program

The (CANOVI) program is a collaboration between ourselves, the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, and the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security.

Our mobile seed cleaning trailer is outfitted with seed cleaning equipment to help farmers save and clean their seeds; readying them for sale. We have cleaned over 100,000 pounds of over 50 seed varieties since 2018.

Our Citizen Seed Trial (CST) is a free, public, science program that engages gardeners and passionate growers in the process of seed saving and breeding.

Our Research and Education Seed Farm has become a nucleus for local seed development where we conduct our public breeding trials.

We launched the Seed to Food program in the Summer of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Folks working across the seed sector come together in one place to foster collaboration.

Our Seedy Saturday Capacity Building program helps facilitate information and resource sharing within independent Seedy Saturday event organizers across BC.

We can come to your community event to talk seeds! We collaborate with organizations at independent seed events such as seminars, workshops, variety tastings, and open-house gatherings.

Farmer Field Days are collaborative peer-to-peer seedy learning experiences.

Our Seed Enterprise Budgets help farmers determine their cost of labour and materials input, as well as potential sales revenue for projected seed crops.

Since 2012, the Bauta initiative advances agricultural biodiversity through collaborations with Canadian organic and agro-ecological seed stakeholders.

Our School Seed Stewardship resources include a collection of seed saving presentations, games, and resources that help educators bring seed saving training to their classrooms, school programs, nature camps, and more!