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Our Seeds: Kale Threshing Party

September 5 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The title 'our seeds' in white on a green background, with the strapline 'all seeds are migrants, every seed has story' underneath on a light brown background. Below that, in green on a white background, the words: Find out more about this... Volunteering Session.

We have been ‘crowd breeding’ some crops in collaboration with other growers throughout the UK and Ireland. This means working together to create genetically diverse and promiscuously pollinating vegetable populations. One of the target crops is kale. Our group selected six kale varieties in early 2024 and sowed them in a mix. We grew them to flower (when we hope they did a bunch of cross-pollinating) and over the last month, we’ve been collecting the resulting seed. This now needs some threshing hands (and maybe some stomping feet) and some wind winnowing. The seed will then be regathered from across the UK and Ireland, mixed up and redistributed for another sowing, which should make a more and more genetically diverse and resilient crop over time.

Come along to help get this seed ready to share again. You can help thresh and clean the seed, and hear a bit about our other crowd-breeding projects (broad bean, summer squash and collards). No previous experience needed – we can teach you how.

Sign up here to join us:

https://volunteersignup.org/9YK9B

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Date:
September 5
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Website:
https://volunteersignup.org/9YK9B

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