Semillas Abiertas
On September 11th, Almendra Cremaschi, director of Bioleft, gave a virtual seminar as part of the debate on seed intellectual property on the Organic Seed Alliance platform. The meeting was open to the community of organic, agroecological, and family farmers who produce in the United States, and other people from different parts of the world participated as well.
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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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On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, we visited Norberto and his family at their agroecological farm in Lucas González, Nogoyá Department, Entre Ríos.
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On Tuesday, December 17, a new workday took place at the UNSAM Community Garden, featuring significant improvements and various maintenance activities. The day included the presence of Angelly Sánchez and Sabrina Rendon, members of the “Rescuing the Creole Tomato” team from the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA).
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The first Provincial Conference on Agroecology took place on November 8 and 9 at the National University of Luján. This initiative brought together various stakeholders, institutions, and farmer organizations to create spaces for dialogue and address the main challenges faced by agroecology-based food systems.
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Last Friday, October 11th, Almendra Cremaschi and Maria Laura Bravo participated in a class for the Diploma in Agroecological Transition at the University of Santiago de Chile. In this program, over 30 extension workers and public policy agents deepen their knowledge of more sustainable agricultural models.
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As part of the Bioleft’s participatory breeding experiments, Enrico Cresta, an organic farmer and member of Bioleft, selects and develops his own open-pollinated (OPV) and GMO-free corn variety, adapted and improved to the organic conditions of his “Altos Verdes” establishment, located in the Cordoba province.
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Last June 3rd, Enrico Cresta and Almendra Cremaschi participated as speakers in the workshop “Professionalizing Practice II: evaluation and diagnosis of socio-productive experiences” developed by the University Diploma on Agroecology at the National University of La Plata.
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Last June 5, International Environmental Day, Bioleft and the team from “Al Rescate del Tomate Criollo” [To the Rescue of Creole Tomato] participated in the First UBA Environmental Conference held on the Faculty of Agronomy campus, with the goal of meeting, interacting and making visible the University contributions on environmental matters. It was an enrichment day, where we could gather and learn from experiences of management and innovation and become aware of the actions and contributions of the University community on environmental matters.
Read moreFrom Bioleft team, with the participation of María Laura Bravo y Selva Cuppari, we shared the experience report: “Collaborative evaluation of local tomato varieties in the Participative Plant Breeding process”. In this presentation, also written by María Paz dos Santos, the results of the 2022-23 tomato campaign were presented, highlighting the participation of gardeners in the design and sistematization of variables that allowed evaluating the tomatoes distribuited under the joint project between Bioleft and Al rescate del tomate criollo. The partial and final results were shared in virtual workshops organized by Bioleft, which had a wide participation.
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