Attend Montréal's virtual Seed Festival and go behind the scenes to meet our seed savers!

Jan 20, 2021

MONTRÉAL - Montréal Space for Life is proud to present the 21st Seed Festival, organized by the urban farming network, Cultiver Montréal. This year, more than ever, Montréal Space for Life and Cultiver Montréal intend to valorise and promote seed savers from across Québec, as well as the province's plant heritage. The programming for the 2021 Seed Festival will be 100% virtual and will give you a behind-the-scenes look at our seed producers and a chance to order local seeds directly from their online boutiques.

Planning for this year's gardening season begins February 3, with the Montréal Seed Festival, where you'll be able to meet some 20 or so Québec seed savers as well as horticultural products and services providers. This virtual edition offers a program with enriching encounters and learning opportunities from the comfort of your home. Participants will be able to take part in an opening panel, two conferences introducing the diverse realities of our seed savers and the wonderful path from seed to plate, as well as seven question-and-answer sessions to exchange with experts and other enthusiasts, or simply to listen! Moreover, the public will be able to consult a map locating the participating seed companies and horticultural service and product providers on the territory in order to obtain the products of their choice. This map will be available online and easily accessible on Cultiver Montréal's website.

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Video: What Happens When Pigs Adapt to High Soybean Meal Diets? - Gustavo Lima

In this special rerun episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Gustavo Lima, PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University, discusses how grow-finish pigs respond to high soybean meal diets. He explains the initial drop in feed intake, changes in backfat, later adaptation, energy efficiency, amino acid utilization, and the rise in nitrogen excretion at higher inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms!

Click here to read the full research article: https://academic.oup.com/jas/article/...

“Once they got adapted to the diet, they can handle higher levels of inclusion of soybean meal.”

Meet the guest: Gustavo Lima / gustavo-lima-a9867127 is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University whose work focuses on swine nutrition, ingredient characterization, energy metabolism, caloric efficiency, and applied data analysis. With more than 15 years of experience in swine production across Latin America, Gustavo also brings expertise in environmental control, performance evaluation, barn ventilation, and grow-finish housing. Learn more from Gustavo Lima on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.