The organic seed producer, and LIVESEED partner, Vitalis presents his demofields with the complete field programme, standard and new varieties of: lettuce, endive, cauliflower, leek, fennel, pumpkin, radish and more. You are invited to visit the demofields. They are open from Tuesday 25th until Friday 28th of September. Please make an appointment beforehand. More information is available on their homepage
It is a great pleasure to invite you to International Exhibition for Ecological Agriculture ECO-INT 2018 NATURAL TASTE, 2nd Edition. The fair will take place on 20 – 23 September 2018 in Bacau, Romania The show includes conferences as well as workshops, discussions, gastronomical contest with ecological food. Topics to be discussed are “Organic Agriculture – National and International Realities and Opportunities” and ”How to Become a Farmer in Organic Farming”. The vision for the Natural Taste event is to become a tradition and emblem of an exhibition exclusively dedicated to organic farming, organized in Romania in partnership with the
The organic research institute FiBL organises organic field visits to lupin trials. On 5 July 2018 5 different locations will be visited to evaluated the performance of the different cultivars and conditions. Within LIVESEED one specific task is dedicated to breeding white lupin for better adaptation to organic farming. For more information (in French) click the picture.
On 5 July 2018 researchers meet stakeholders for the innovation of organic horticulture in Italy. Open day at CREA-OF Monsampolo (Italy), where participatory breeding is underway on a MAGIC population of tomatoes developed for organic condition in cooperation with seed company ISI Sementi. CREA Monsampolo is a LIVESEED partner engaging with participatory organic tomato breeding, in cooperation with ISI sementi. For more info read the program or contact gabriele.campanelli [at] crea.gov.it. (click on the picture for more information in Italian)
This years’ Biodiversity Day at CREA Monsampolo agriculture research station, will be focusing on the importance of agricultural biodiversity for organic agriculture and human health. Speakers include Salvatore Ceccarelli (geneticist and plant breeder) and Gabriele Campanelli (organic agriculture researcher and breeder). During the day it will be possible to visit CREA gene bank and organic field trials. CREA Monsampolo is a LIVESEED partner engaging with participatory organic tomato breeding, in cooperation with ISI sementi. For more information contact: of.monsampolodeltronto@crea.gov.it or nazzareno.acciarri@crea.gov.it www.semirurali.net (click on the picture for more information in Italian)
Organic plant breeder Peter Kunz and FiBL invite you to their field day on organic grain legumes. Wednesday 6 June from 14 – 16h in Feldbach (Swiss) the fields with leguminoses mixed cropping and lupines are visited.
Greek partner of LIVESEED, AEGILOPS – Network for Biodiversity and Ecology in Agriculture organizes a workshop within the framework of the 27th Agrotica ( International Fair for Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Supplies ) at Thessaloniki , on Sunday 4.2.2018, from 16.30-19.00 pm, (N Germanos Congress Center, Hall D): “Present and future for organic seed in Greece and Europe” The workshop is being organized within the LIVESEED project, in which AEGILOPS participates as a partner, and is addressing the scientific and business world active in the field of organicagriculture. The purpose of the event is to explore the potential of
Port Townsend, WA – Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), along with co-hosts Washington State University, Oregon State University, and eOrganic, will hold the 9th Organic Seed Growers Conference in Corvallis, Oregon, from February 14-17, 2018. The conference features more than 60 experts in the fields of organic seed production, breeding, and policy. The gathering includes a full agenda of presentations, panel discussions, and networking events around the theme of Synergy that Sustains, emphasizing the important role that collaborative networks play in advancing organic seed. The event begins with two full days of pre-conference intensives and a tour of seed production in the Willamette Valley.
At the organic fair in Nuremberg form 14 – 17 February LIVESEED organises a workshop on organic seed use: Thursday 15th February 11 – 11.45h; Room Budapest. The workshop will be co-organised by IFOAM EU (Eric Gall) and Bionext (Maaike Raaijmakers). The workshop presents diverse situations regarding organic seed use and policy in EU countries which has been analysed. The focus will be on regions where shortcomings have been identified in the organic breeding and seed sector. Speakers from Hungary (Dóra Drexler, ÖMKi), Spain (Álvaro Barrera Fernández, Ecovalia) and Greece (Kostas Koutis, Aegilops) will present their view on how to
19-21 February 2018 – University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany Various national and international projects aim at exploiting the benefits of species mixtures to design productive, diversified, resilient and environmentally friendly agro-ecological cropping systems less dependent on external inputs than current systems and acceptable to farmers and actors in the agri-food chain. Inter- or intra-species diversity can enhance water and nutrient use efficiency and improve the control of pests, diseases and weeds, while increasing crop productivity and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses, including those triggered by climate change. Species mixtures can lead to reduced use of fossil energy and chemical
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