🌱 Semillas, saberes y resistencias: Bioleft y Minka en el Coloquio  Internacional Perspectivas de la Ecología en América Latina 

En el marco del Coloquio Internacional Perspectivas de la Ecología en América Latina (ver más), Bioleft participó de la mesa “Hacia sostenibilidades compartidas: aprendizajes desde experiencias colaborativas en Latinoamérica”, reflexionando sobre los desafíos y aprendizajes en torno al intercambio y mejoramiento de semillas abiertas en Argentina.

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Mapeo de Ensayos de Maíz – Bioleft 2025

Durante esta campaña llevamos adelante de manera colaborativa una red de evaluación participativa de maíces, con ensayos distribuidos en Junín, Entre Ríos y el sudeste de Córdoba. La red busca generar conocimiento colectivo sobre el comportamiento de distintas variedades de maíz, con foco en materiales desarrollados por agricultorxs y en híbridos no transgénicos de interés para sistemas de producción orgánica y agroecológica. 

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Bioleft at the European Commission

As part of a scientific delegation from CENIT, Julián Asinsten, a member of Bioleft, traveled to Seville (Spain) to take part in a series of institutional activities related to the EnergyTRAN project.

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Bioleft at the 2025 National and International Congress on Agrobiotechnology

From May 22 to 23, Bioleft participated in the 10th National and International Congress on Agrobiotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Public Policies, held in ChascomĂşs. This event has become a key space for debating the present and future of agricultural innovation in Argentina, bringing together scientific, political, and technological perspectives.

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Closing of the 2024–2025 Campaign: Learnings, Flavors, and Community Around Creole Tomatoes

This past April, we held the closing workshop for the 2024–2025 campaign of the collaborative evaluation project of Creole tomatoes. Once again, we came together from different regions and experiences to celebrate a collective process that continues to grow, driven by the commitment of gardeners, agroecological producers, researchers, students, and defenders of open-pollinated seeds.

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Autumn in the Garden: Seed Exchange and Maintenance of the Experimental Plot at UNSAM

On Tuesday, April 29, we held another work session at Casa Huerta Astro, located on the Miguelete Campus of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM). The activity was part of the project “Living Lab: growing, experimenting, and learning at UNSAM”, developed by Bioleft in collaboration with the Sustainability and Environment Area of the Secretariat of Outreach and Engagement (SEyV), and with technical support from INTA San Martín.

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Cultivating Knowledge: Participation of UNSAM’s Secondary School in the Participatory Breeding of Creole Tomatoe

As part of the “Food Sovereignty” course-project taught in the 6th year of UNSAM’s Escuela Secundaria TĂ©cnica, we worked with the students to explore the concept of food sovereignty as the right of peoples to define their own policies and strategies for food production, distribution, and consumption, while respecting the environment and biodiversity. In class, we reflected on how this principle is (or isn’t) manifested in our neighborhood: what foods we consume, how we access them, and what obstacles we face in ensuring safe, healthy, and sustainable nutrition.

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Visit to the “Las Magnolias” Experimental Field at UNNOBA

On Tuesday, April 15, we visited the “Las Magnolias” experimental field of the National University of the Northwest of the Province of Buenos Aires (UNNOBA), located in Junín. A comparative maize trial is currently being carried out there as part of the Evaluation Network that Bioleft has been supporting for several years. This network aims to generate agronomic information collaboratively, promoting the use of open-pollinated varieties and encouraging more diverse, open, and resilient seed systems.

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