Come and learn more about large-scale seed saving from Dan and Emily, two founders of Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm!
Room CC-163
Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm is a 10-year-old worker co-op run by five owner/farmers and five paid apprentices in Les Cèdres, Quebec, about 45 minutes west of Montreal. The farmers rent about 12-1/2 acres on an organic grain farm – about 7-1/2 acres growing crops for sale and the rest cover cropped.
Initially these growers dreamed of growing all the seeds they would need on the farm. They have come partway at the same time that their organic crop production has grown to supply a 260-member CSA and large farmers’ market stall in Montreal with certified organic vegetables, flowers, seeds, seedlings and herbal teas and herb mixes. Seed production now represents 10 percent of their gross sales and fulfills up to 30 percent of their on-farm seed need.
Dan and Emily will also be talking more about the history of Tourne-Sol and what it has been like to take part in this project.
Read more at: http://www.mofga.org/Publications/MaineOrganicFarmerGardener/Spring2015/To