This self-directed course is for producers with seed production experience, seed industry professionals, and extension professionals. This course will provide practical field-based knowledge and present current research on organic seed production practices. This course covers the fundamentals of seed production for onions, beets and chard, brassicas, carrots, and wet seeded crops. It will also cover climatic requirements for seed crops, important diseases, and seed quality. For information contact Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance, at jared@seedalliance.org

Course Subject Matter Specialists

• Jodi Lew-Smith, High Mowing Seeds: Seed Diseases
• John Navazio, Organic Seed Alliance: Which Crops for Your Climate, Beets and Chard, Carrots
• Joel Reiten, Seeds of Change: Onions, Brassicas, Seed Quality
• Don Tipping, Siskiyou Seeds: Lettuce, Wet Seeded Crops
• Shelly Solomon, Leaping Frog Films: Videographer
• Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance: Online Tutorial Developer