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Organic Seed Growers Conference
Agenda
February 14 & 15, 2008
Salem Conference Center, Salem, Oregon
Thursday, February 14
Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Registration / Breakfast
9:00 - 9:20 Welcome - Micaela Colley Organic Seed Alliance
9:20 - 9:40 Moving Organic Seeds Forward - Matthew Dillon Organic Seed Alliance
9:40 - 10:10 The Story of Abbondanza Organic Seeds and Produce - Rich Pecoraro Abbondanza Organic Seeds and Produce
10:10 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:20 Concepts and Values in Organic Breeding - Dr. Edith Lammerts van Bueren Louis Bolk Institute
11:20 - 11:40 National Plant Germplasm System: How it works - Ann Marie Thro USDA - CSREES
11:50 - 12:30
Track 1: Selecting, Growing, and Marketing Value-added Wheat Varieties in Organic Cropping Rotations - Kevin Murphy Washington State University
Track 2: Introduction to Organic Seed - Zea Sonnabend CCOF / Ecological Farming Association
Track 3: Evaluation of Organic Seed Treatments for Control of Damping Off / Seed Blight Pathogens - Jaime Cummings Washington State University
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Thursday, February 14
Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
Track 1: Organic Grains and Cover Crops - Jim Bronec Praying Mantis Farm and Nash Huber Nash's Organic Produce
Track 2: Organic Hybrid Variety Production - Tom Stearns and Dr. Jodi Lew-Smith High Mowing Seeds
Track 3: Infection of Seed and Transmission of Seedborne Pathogens: Organic seed treatments - Dr. Lindsey du Toit Washington State University
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45
Track 1: Seed Harvesting for Sustainable Agriculture - Carol Miles Washington State University, Lourdes Gaitan and Roger del Cid GORACE from Panama
Track 2: Organic Seed Economics - Steve Peters Seeds of Change and Dr. Brian Baker Organic Materials Review Institute
Track 3: Overview of Organic Management of Diseases in Seed Crops - Dr. Ken Johnson Oregon State University, Frank Morton Wild Garden Seed, and Dr. Alex Stone Oregon State University
3:45 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:30 Experiences in Large-scale Organic Seed Production - Brian Andersen Brian Andersen Farms
4:30 - 5:15 Is Organic Seed Good for You? - Dr. Carlo Leifert European Union Quality Low Input Food Project
5:15 - 7:00 Seed Suppliers Social
7:00 - 10:00 Dinner and Talent Show
Friday, February 15
Morning Session
8:00 - 8:30 Registration / Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 Selection and Breeding of Crops for Organic and Low Input Farming Systems in Europe - Dr. Carlo Leifert European Union Quality Low Input Food Project
9:30 - 11:00 Isolation and Genetic Contamination Issues in Organic Seed Production - Dr. Jim Myers Oregon State University, Frank Morton Wild Garden Seeds, and Will Rostov Center for Food Safety
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30
Track 1: University-based Public Plant Breeding - Dr. Jim Myers Oregon State University, Dr. William F. Tracy University of Wisconsin, and Dr. Stephen Jones Washington State University
Track 2: Organic Potato Seed Production - Jim Gerritsen Wood Prairie Farm
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Friday, February 15
Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
Track 1: Nitrogen Management for Organic Vegetable Seed Production - Joel Reiten Seeds of Change, Dr. Dan Sullivan Oregon State University, and Nick Andrews Oregon State University
Track 2: Organic Potato seed Quality and Seed Certification - Jim Gerritsen Wood Prairie Farm, Dr. Jeff McMorran Oregon State University, and Dr. Al Mosley Oregon State University
Track 3: Examples of Current Breeding Research for Organic Farming Systems in the Netherlands - Dr. Edith Lammerts van Bueren Louis Bolk Institute
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45
Track 1: Participatory Approaches to Breeding Organic Crop Varieties with Genetic Resiliency - Dr. John Navazio Organic Seed Alliance
Track 2: Vegetable Seed: Ask the Experts - Frank Morton Wild Garden Seeds, Joel Reiten Seeds of Change, Don Tipping Seven Seeds Farm
3:45 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:30 Organic Seed Alliance: Past and future - Dan Hobbs and Micaela Colley Organic Seed Alliance
4:30 - 5:00 Seed People: A journey into the organic seed movement - Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
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