Organic World Congress: Pre-conference “Seed Ambassadors – Building an International Network to Advance Organic Seed Systems”

Organic World Congress pre-conference

Organic World Congress: Pre-conference “Seed Ambassadors – Building an International Network to Advance Organic Seed Systems”

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On 6-10 September, the organic movement will gather at the Organic World Congress 2021 (OWC 2021) to address questions around resilience, societal transformation, health and food sovereignty.

The Organic World Congress will be an occasion for us to celebrate the diversity of culture, food, seed and methodologies. Join us at the pre-conference “Seed Ambassadors – Building an International Network to Advance Organic Seed Systems“, taking place on 6-7 September 2021 in Rennes, France. The pre-conference will be organised as a hybrid event with online & in-person sessions.

You can help us shape this event by filling in our survey for selecting the topics to be prioritised and to express interest to join the IFOAM Seeds Platform: https://survey.fibl.org/index.php/823816?lang=en.

Please find here our event flyer and below the preliminary programme:

Monday, 6 September:

  • Field tour to INRAE/ITAB research fields and Chav’Amap farms near Rennes: using carrot and buckwheat, we will explore on-farm seed stewardship, plant breeding and culinary evaluation methodologies including first-hand degustation. A video of the field tour will be provided for online participants.
  • Workshop on systems-based plant breeding
  • Apéro to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ECO-PB

Tuesday, 7 September:

Workshops (taking place in Rennes and online): through interactive and participatory sessions, we will explore 4 macro-areas:

  1. Advocacy, seed policy, seed legislation
  2. Knowledge, practises, experiences
  3. Networking and awareness raising
  4. Next generation of organic plant breeders and seed ambassadors

We would kindly like to ask you to please share the following post with your network through your Facebook and Twitter profiles:

“How to increase agricultural resilience with the use of seed diversity? How to raise awareness about #OrganicSeed & plant breeding? Express your interests & fill out our survey to shape the #OWC2021 pre-conference #SeedAmbassadors https://survey.fibl.org/index.php/823816?lang=en“

Thank you in advance for your help and cooperation!

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