[BCFSN] West Coast Seeds is hiring - Marketing Manager

[Sharon Edelmeier]

This is from an international journal. Nice to see an open access article with some relevant local
studies to our region. I also learned a new term "Commodity defetishization"!

 

Abstract:

The rapid growth and co-option of the local agriculture movement highlights a need to deepen
connections to place-based culture. Selection of plant varieties specifically adapted to regional
production and end-use is an important component of building a resilient food system. Doing so will
facilitate a defetishization of food systems by increasing the cultural connection to production and
consumption. Today's dominant model of plant breeding relies on selection for centralized production
and end-use, thereby limiting opportunity for regional differentiation. On the other hand,
end-user-driven selection of heirloom varieties with strong cultural and culinary significance may
limit productivity while failing to promote continued advances in end-use quality. Farmer-based
selection may directly reflect local food culture; however, increasing genetic gains may require
increased exchange of germplasm, and collaboration with trained plant breeders. Participatory
farmer-breeder-chef collaborations are an emerging model for overcoming these limitations and adding
the strength of culturally based plant breeding to the alternative food movement. These models of
variety selection are examined within the context of small grain and dry bean production in Western
Washington.

http://tinyurl.com/oty4a2r

 

Pamela Zevit, RPBio 
Adamah Consultants 

Coquitlam BC Canada
604-939-0523 

 <mailto:adamah at telus.net> adamah at telus.net 

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