About BC Seeds

BC Seeds is a project of Farm Folk/City Folk to encourage seed saving, support BC based Seed companies and provide a space for knowledge and seed exchange. It is overseen by:

Patrick Steiner, Seedgrower and owner/operator of Stellar Seeds, lives and farms in Sorrento. Patrick is also currently researching and writing a handbook for farmers about how to integrate seedgrowing into their mixed farms, both ecologically and economically. The projected completion date is March 2007, and the handbook will be available online. He is a board member of USC Canada and recently attended a global gathering of seed-savers and activists in Ethiopia. Patrick can be reached by email by taking his first name and joining it to his website name "stellarseeds.com" with the "@" symbol.

Heather Pritchard is the Executive Director of Farm Folk/City Folk, a long time food activist and co-founder/farmer with Glorious Organics Co-op in the Fraser Valley. She is the grand daughter of H. G. Neufeld, recently inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame for his work as a plant breeder in the early development of canola seed. Proud grandmother of two, she invests many of her too few spare moments tasting the wonders and exploring the mysteries of Fraser Common Farm with Schiller and Liam. You can reach Heather using email by joining the word "sustain" to the domain name for Farm Folk/City Folk, namely "ffcf.bc.ca".

Susan Davidson, also of Glorious Organics Co-op, is a farmer and passionate eater of all things local. She was a founding member of BCARA (B. C. Association of Regenerative Agriculture), which is one of the local organic certifying bodies. Based on many years of experience with Community Alternatives Society and consensus decision-making, she helped found Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-op. She has been active with Your Local Farmers Markets Society for ten years and is a member of Langley Organic Growers who vend at the Trout Lake Market. She receives funding from Farm Folk/City Folk to facilitate and record the steering team's phone conferences. Susan can be reached by combining the appellation "glorious" with the domain "portal.ca".

Robin Wheeler runs Edible Landscapes on the Sunshine Coast. She also writes about farming, sustainability and food growing. She is author of Gardening for the Faint of Heart, (Raincoast Books) and writes a gardening column for Momentum magazine. She is an early member of Canadian Organic Growers and Seeds of Diversity.

Marika Nagasaka is a partner of Full Circle Seeds which is part of ALM Farm located in Sooke, on Vancouver Island. She has no doubt about the importance of growing seed for the local market, appreciates all she learns each season and strives to constantly become a better seed grower.