Utilizing Agrobiodiveristy Part 2: Joseph Lofthouse, Lofthouse Seeds

This session was recorded at the Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2020 as part of the session on Utilizing Agrobiodiversity: Breeding for Diversity, Resilience, and In Situ Conservation. More presentations from this session and the conference are available on this playlist.
Organic farming needs diversity at all levels and es-pecially in seed. However, modern breeding for many crops is focused on creating very uniform and homo-geneous varieties. Some organic breeders, farmers, and seed networks are working to counter this trend by consciously breeding for genetic diversity across and within crop types and varieties. Learn from the experience of several breeding initiatives, organic farmers, and researchers who are working to create genetically diversified populations through different strategies to stimulate adaptation. Several initiatives are also working in the European context where in spite of regulatory constraints farmers have organized networks and community seed banks to collectively manage landraces, local varieties, and their newly bred populations. Presenters will share the models and outcomes of two European projects - Dynaversi-ty and Let’s Liberate Diversity - as well as applied, practical breeding strategies to conserve and expand diversity.
The Organic Seed Growers Conference was organized by the Organic Seed Alliance. Recording by eOrganic.

[@ecadventures451]

I like this guy! Keep it simple, experiment, observe, work with nature, common sense really

[@mountainjewellandproject2161]

what a great talk! thank you joseph for the work you do, you've inspired me greatly!

[@Teawithlee]

Is there a part 1? I couldn’t find it?
Thanks for sharing your experiences Joseph.

[@eOrganic]

Yes, part 1 is here czcams.com/video/M3fot4PIn6c/video.html and the entire playlist of all the presentations we recorded at the conference is here czcams.com/play/PLZMuQJAj6rOozoDVI6HF1FqoCofQMEc2n.html