Con gran alegría cerramos una etapa y abrimos la puerta a un nuevo ciclo colectivo. Compartimos el encuentro virtual que funcionó como bisagra entre el cierre de la campaña anterior y el lanzamiento de la nueva propuesta para el período 2026-2027.
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After four campaigns of sowing, harvesting, tastings, and much shared work, we achieved a very important milestone for the network: the complete dataset of collaborative evaluation of creole tomatoes (2022–2026) is now available to consult and download freely via Zenodo.
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El pasado sábado 25 de abril, desde Bioleft llevamos adelante una jornada de encuentro al campo con el objetivo de visitar el ensayo de la variedad de maíz de polinización abierta Originales 24, dirigido por Enrico Cresta a través del mejoramiento participativo con Bioleft.
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Mientras las plantas de tomate entregan sus últimos frutos de la temporada, en Bioleft aprovechamos para encontrarnos, mate de por medio, y empezar a balancear lo que nos dejó este ciclo.
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El Tercer Informe sobre el Estado de los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura del Mundo destaca nuestro modelo de circulación abierta como una respuesta innovadora para la conservación y el uso sostenible de la biodiversidad.
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On October 28, Elba and David carried out the tomato transplanting at the Bioleft plot located at UNSAM, kicking off a new participatory evaluation campaign. This year, the trial includes three varieties: NoMeOlvides, Carcione (platense variety), and #113 (cherry variety). The seedlings were sown and cared for by Elba in her nursery until reaching the optimal time for transplanting.
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The second visit to Julia Ríos’s Farm of the Minka Cooperative in Florencio Varela focused on the evaluation of the state of the crops and the infrastructure, seeking to ensure an optimal open seed campaign.
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Last Monday, October 20, within the framework of World Food Day, we held the virtual conversation “Maize as a bridge: knowledge, territories, and diversity,” to share the trajectory of Amancay maize and relaunch the work of the Maize Growers Network (Red de Maiceros). More than 30 producers, technicians, researchers, students, and organizations linked to seed development and production participated, forming a diverse space for exchange and collective reflection.Participaron más de 30 productores, técnicos, investigadores, estudiantes y organizaciones vinculadas al desarrollo de semillas y la producción, conformando un espacio diverso de intercambio y reflexión colectiva.
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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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Bioleft launched the 2025/2026 tomato campaign with a virtual workshop that brought together evaluators from more than 25 locations across the country. The proposal, based on open science and citizen science, reinforces collaborative recording and the circulation of knowledge to make better decisions on seed selection and multiplication.
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