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Guest biosIrisIris Vaisman is the Prairie Regional Coordinator for the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security and the Grains Program Manager at Organic Alberta. In these roles, she has the joy and privilege of partnering with farmers, researchers, industry, government and various stakeholders to work on diverse projects. The projects aim to contribute to the resilience of seed systems and organic grain production systems. Before taking on these roles, Iris worked at the University of Manitoba as a research technician, working on research that included participatory plant breeding, cover crops, organic no-till, and soil fertility. Iris has an M.Sc. from the University of Manitoba in organic agronomy and an Hon. B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in Ecology.RyanRyan Pengelly farms and seed cleans organic grains and native grasses near Erickson, Manitoba. Ryan is a second generation farmer having returned to the family farm in 2014.Resources linksInterested in breeding your own seed or getting involved in the Participatory Plant Breeding Program? You can download some helpful tips and seed selection manuals here:http://www.seedsecurity.ca/en/programs/create/field-cropsFind out more about the Participatory Plant Breeding program at the University of Manitoba here:http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/naturalagriculture/ppb.htmlThe National Farmers Union has a campaign to support farmers' right to seeds.https://www.nfu.ca/campaigns/save-our-seed/Developed in 2015 in partnership with COG, USC Canada, and The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, you can learn more about seed saving by taking a vegetable seed saving course for commercial production:Learn about producing organic seedsLearn about commercial seed production including harvesting, quality, marketing, and breeding seedsBuild your own business following your own unique seed-farm business planhttps://www.cog.ca/ovsp/If you have any burning seed savings questions for Ryan, you can contact him here: info@tamarackfarms.caSponsorFunding is provided in part by the Canada and Manitoba governments through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.Additional sponsorship has been provided by the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security.  

The seeds we buy to plant our gardens are an exercise of hope in a tiny package. After all, how do we know that those little bitty things are ever going to amount to anything? For farmers, the annual spring seed shipment can bring with it a whole mixture of emotions as they wondered what those bags would bring. What kind of weather conditions will exist this year? Will it be a full harvest, or would the elements conspire to reduce the family's income through rain, hail, drought or a bug invasion? There is a lot of hope and fear connected to those bags of seeds. Today, as part of our series Climate Hope in the Time of Pandemic, we're talking about the power of seeds. SeedChange (formerly known as USC Canada) is a non-profit organization that works with farmers in Canada and around the world to save seeds and grow food sustainably. SeedChange has launched a public education campaign to help ensure a more resilient Canadian food supply post-COVID-19. It's rolling out its programming with farmers coast to coast to continue improving Canada's seed security during the pandemic. SeedChange is enlisting more than 200 farmers across the country this summer to grow sustainable local vegetable seed crops, save seeds at risk of extinction, promote biodiversity, and breed new seed varieties best suited for local climate and soil conditions. Victoria Fenner, rabble radio's producer, had a conversation with Jane Rabinowicz, SeedChange's executive director and Chris Sanford, from Yonder Hill Farm near Lunenburg in Nova Scotia about the program and how individual gardeners can get involved. And lots of useful info -- the interview also includes a how-to about saving seeds from rotting tomato guck. SeedChange has some resources to help gardeners find companies which produce seeds sustainably. You can also look for seeds by a particular variety. For more info, click here. Image: ParentingPatch/Wikimedia

USC Canada has a long and commendable history providing assistance on behalf of Unitarians and the Canadian public. In a changing world, USC Canada has always adapted. A bold decision in 2007 -- to do less -- has made the organization stronger and multiplied its impact around the world. Can we learn from these lesson as we move forward in our visioning process at First Unitarian Ottawa?

Guest Keith Shackleton will challenge us to reflect on how the post-carbon economy will affect us, our grandchildren, and the entire world. From his extensive experience, he will suggest viewpoints and facts that will be thought provoking and which may inform changes in our thinking and actions. Keith has been a member of First and the UUFO (alternating) since 1982. He has worked in social work and international assistance (with USC Canada) and taught in the Green Business Management program at Algonquin College. Keith was a founding officer of Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op, founding co-ordinator of Ottawa East Community Garden, a member of Sustainable Living Ottawa East, Transition Ottawa, and the Ottawa Co-op Network.

Guest Keith Shackleton will challenge us to reflect on how the post-carbon economy will affect us, our grandchildren, and the entire world. From his extensive experience, he will suggest viewpoints and facts that will be thought provoking and which may inform changes in our thinking and actions. Keith has been a member of First and the UUFO (alternating) since 1982. He has worked in social work and international assistance (with USC Canada) and taught in the Green Business Management program at Algonquin College. Keith was a founding officer of Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op, founding co-ordinator of Ottawa East Community Garden, a member of Sustainable Living Ottawa East, Transition Ottawa, and the Ottawa Co-op Network.

Guest Speaker Susan Walsh is the Executive Director of the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada. Susan will inform us of the guiding principles and current projects of one of Canada’s most prominent international aid agencies, which happens to have been started in our church basement.

On July 2nd, USC Canada presented three young organic farmers from both Canada and Honduras, who shared their experiences and explored the global movement to reclaim control over healthy, local food.