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#OrganicPlantBreeding: here the 🗺️🌍#map 🌍🗺️of organic breeders across Europe.
biobreeding.org/breeding.htm…
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🌱 How can cities support cultivated #biodiversity through local food policies?
📍 Join us in Granollers, Spain
📅 April 29–30, 2025
for the 1st European Symposium on #LocalFoodPolicy & #OrganicSeeds!
📩 For participation: [email protected]
#LiveSeeding
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
📢 #LiveSeeding Training – Module 4 is Here!
Join us on March 4th to explore how molecular tools can advance organic plant breeding! 🌾
🕒9:00 – 18:00 CET
📍 Online – Microsoft Teams
🔗 More info & Registration: liveseeding.eu/the-liveseedi…
#ChangeseedGrowDifference
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
➡️II UE WEBINAR 🖥️
¡Arrancamos la jornada! Da la bienvenida María Carrascosa, responsable del proyecto @LiveSeeding en la Red. Las grabaciones se subirán al canal de YouTube de LiveSeeding: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Glad to be part of this great project on the use of wild crop relatives in plant breeding with MichaelSchneider fibl.org/en/about-us/team/sc… contributing for @fiblorg
Annual meeting of @COUSIN_project in Sicily, heading of to crop wild relative (#CWR) reserves close to Mt. Etna.
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
Don't miss out our 2nd EU #LiveSeeding webinar on Strategies for Marketing and Promoting Organic Seeds Locally! 🤓
24 February 2025 | 9:30 – 13:00 CET
25 February 2025 | 9:30 – 12:30 CET
🔗Register by 20 February 2025 ⏬
#changeseedgrowdifference
liveseeding.eu/join-us-for-t…
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
🥳Exciting news! Our 2nd Module for training in organic breeding is here!🥳
🌱 Learn about Phenomics: approaches and tools for genetic resources and breeding material characterisation.🌱
📅 Join us on Monday, Feb 3rd – there’s still time to register! ⏬
liveseeding.eu/the-liveseedi…
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
Call for @abstract for #EUCARPIA #conference on #plantbreeding supported by @LiveSeeding @innobreed_eu @DIVINFOOD @COUSIN_project @H2020Cropdiva @ProWild128497 @IPMorama @Root2Res @GrapeBreed4IPM @LegumeHubEU @Farm4Future @ECO_PB_2001_eu bit.ly/3WvAV2V
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register in person or online for the #Organic #Seed Growers #Conference in Corvallis in Feb 2025 organized by @Seed_Alliance seedalliance.org/conference-…
#changeseedgrowdifference @LiveSeeding @FiBLBreeding @ifoamorganics @innobreed_eu @EcobreedP @BRESOV_EU
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
send your abstract till 17th February for #Eucarpia #Conference on #plantbreeding for #organic and #agroecology visit bit.ly/3WvAV2V @FiBLBreeding @fiblorg @LiveSeeding @innobreed_eu @EcobreedP @BRESOV_EU @Seed_Alliance @ifoamorganics @OrganicsEurope @EuroseedsEU
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
📢Extended abstract submission deadline!🌱
We are happy to inform you that we are extending the submission deadline for abstracts for the #EUCARPIA conference to 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 9AM CET. 🎉⏬
#changeseedgrowdifference
liveseeding.eu/read-more-abo…
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
The #LiveSeeding project proudly presents Online Trainings for Organic breeding and organic seed production! 🥳🌱
For 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚, detailed info on all 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 and 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.⏬⏬
#changeseedgrowdifference #organicplantbreeding
liveseeding.eu/trainings-sum…
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
✨🌱We’re thrilled to share that the IPMorama Project was featured in the latest issue of Teagasc's quarterly publication!
📰 Check out the publication: teagasc.ie/.../2024/TResearc…
📰Check out the article: teagasc.ie/about/research--i…
ℹ️ To find out more follow: ipmorama.eu/
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
The #LiveSeeding project presents the 𝐕𝐈 𝐄𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞 on breeding to meet environmental & societal challenges!🥳🌱
🇵🇹 Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra – ESAC, Coimbra
📆 26th to 28th May 2025
#changeseedgrowdifference
liveseeding.eu/read-more-abo…
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
🌽 #OrganicFarming and #agroecology can facilitate the adaptation of #agriculture to #climatechange, reducing the environmental impact of #food production.
🗣️ Have a look at the video by Professor @CamillaMoonen at the Fondazione Friuli conference in Udine, Italy (link below)
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
📝Let's break down the term IPM!
'Integrated pest management' (IPM) emphasises healthy crop growth with the least possible disruption to agroecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms.
🧬The role of IPM in integrated breeding:
🔎Visit: ipmorama.eu/
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
🌱 Congratulations to #LiveSeeding partner @fiblorg for a successful Open Day! 🎉
We learned about: policy and market measures towards 100% organic seeds in Europe, seed health: innovative research on seed treatments for organic agriculture...
#ChangeSeedGrowDifference
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🍝🇮🇹 #EUOrganic Award winner for Best Organic Food Processing SME is Gino Girolomoni, a coop specialised in organic pasta production. W/80ha organic farmland & facilities powered by renewable energy, it produces 9Mio tons of pasta/year, supporting >300 farmers & 60 local workers!
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
🫛Grain legumes are crucial for Europe’s plant-based protein, but face threats like Diaporthe/Phomopsis in soybean, anthracnose in white lupin, and blights, rusts, and Orobanche crenata in peas. Innovative, low-chemical strategies are needed for resilient, sustainable production.
FiBL Plant Breeding retweeted
#carob (#Ceratonia, #algarroba) cooking day with
students and staff bringing a carob based dish
@IAS_CSIC @PDResistLab @eu_radiant
