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March 22nd
March 22nd |
Episode: #21 |
French

JEAN-FRANÇOIS DAOUST

Hugo and Jean-François recount their recent tour of Basque country, and talk about their involvement in a purple pepper plant breeding project.
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January 23rd
January 23rd |
Episode: #20 |
English

ALLISON SQUIRES

Steph chats with Allison Squires about how climate change, farmer-led breeding programs, and the impacts that Canada’s new GMO regulations have on organic grain farmers.
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January 12th
January 12th |
Episode: #19 |
French

MEL SYLVESTRE

Hugo and Mel chat about her “accidental” path to farming and seed saving, her role in the BC Eco-Seed Co-op, and her current work in golden beet breeding.
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January 5th
January 5th |
Episode: #18 |
English

CRAIG BOYCHUK

Steph and Craig, owner of new seed company No Coast Seeds, talk about his first season in operation, his budding passion for plant breeding, and his bi-colour zucchini in the making.
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December 22
December 22 |
Episode: #17 |
French

ROLAND JOANIN

In this episode, Hugo and Roland chat about the technical aspects of apple breeding, as well as apple breeding as a social and cultural community builder.
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December 11th, 2023
December 11th, 2023 |
Episode: #15 |
English

GREG WINGATE

What do you get when you cross maples and apples? Mapple Farm, one of the country’s longest standing regional seed companies, located in Weldon, New Brunswick, since 1989.
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December 9th, 2022
December 9th, 2022 |
Episode: #12 |
English

Anan Lololi

Anan Lololi speaks with Steph about how seed saving, food policy, and access to culturally meaningful crop varieties boost food sovereignty for Black folks in Toronto and ...
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Episode: #8 |
English

Audrey Logan

Audrey Logan shares some teachings about seed stewardship and unlearning harmful foodways.
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Episode: #6 |
English

Keeley Nixon

Keeley and Steph talk about why where our seed comes from matters. 
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Episode: #5 |
French

Richard Favreau

Richard Favreau talks about saving, selecting, evaluating, and dehybridizing alliums and tomatoes.
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Episode: #4 |
English

Tiffany Traverse

Year: 2020
Region: Canada, British Columbia
Title: SeedHeads Episode 4: Tiffany Traverse
Tiffany Traverse talks about seed and land stewardship.
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Credits

SeedHeads is produced by The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, a program of
SeedChange. Hosts: Steph Benoit (Ontario), Hugo Martorell (Quebec).Production team: Steph Hughes (Nova Scotia),
Rebecca Ivanoff (Ontario), and Sarah Preston (Alberta). Sound Engineer: Nick Gaston (Nova Scotia).
Artwork: Jenna Kessler (Ontario). Translation: Julie Lanctot (Quebec)
Music: "Our Team", Tim Baker (Newfoundland).