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

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.

 

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.