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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Fruto de la construcción colectiva, nos alegra enormemente compartir un hito fundamental para la comunidad del agro abierto: ya se encuentra disponible el Protocolo de Evaluación Participativa de Tomates Criollos de Bioleft (Collaborative Evaluation Protocol for Creole Tomatoes in Participatory Breeding Programs), una herramienta metodológica abierta, práctica y replicable, diseñada para el mejoramiento participativo de tomates.
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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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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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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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On August 26th, the Bioleft outreach team visited Julia Ríos, tomato evaluator and seed producer at Minka-Semillera (Florencio Varela) to share an assessment of the previous season and plan for the 2024-2025 season. The meeting took place in an atmosphere of trust and closeness, at her own home, where they discussed achievements, difficulties, and next steps.
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As part of the International Colloquium on Perspectives on Ecology in Latin America (see more), Bioleft participated in the roundtable discussion “Towards shared sustainability: lessons learned from collaborative experiences in Latin America,” reflecting on the challenges and lessons learned around the exchange and improvement of open seeds in Argentina.
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At Bioleft, we continue to generate practical resources to contribute to food sovereignty. On this occasion, we are sharing a tutorial on how to preserve tomato seeds, and other crops such as peppers, zucchini, and pumpkins in a simple and effective way.
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