Author Talk with Dan Brisebois, author of The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using, and Selling Your Own Seeds
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The time is fast approaching to begin preparing your seeds for the 2025 season! And what better way to jump into gardening, and learn more about sustainable farming, than by joining Dan Brisebois BSc(AgrEng)'02 as he discusses his new book The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using, and Selling Your Own Seeds!
Dan is a Macdonald Campus Alum and Wholesale Seed Farmer with over 20 years鈥� experience in the field! The event will include a 30-minute talk by the author, which will provide an opportunity for questions, with light refreshments to follow.
Whether you are an avid gardener looking to expand your reach or starting your garden for the first time, this event has something to offer everyone!
Register today to ensure your spot, spaces limited!
More about the author
is a founding member of Tourne-Sol co-operative farm, which supplies weekly farm baskets for 500 families and operates a thriving retail and wholesale seed business. He earned a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from 黑料不打烊 University and has over two decades of experience as both a market farmer and a seed producer. Dan is a founding member of the Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers network, former board member of SeedChange, and past president of Canadian Organic Growers. As well as writing and teaching extensively, he mentors farmers in the art of effective planning, systems design, and time management at the Farmer Spreadsheet Academy, and hosts the popular Seed Growers podcast. Dan is co-author of the COG Practical Skills Handbook Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers. He lives and farms in Les C猫dres, Quebec.
The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using, and Selling Your Own Seeds
The comprehensive grower鈥檚 guide to organic seed production.
The Seed Farmer is required reading for any grower who cares about being part of a truly sustainable local food system.
Whether you鈥檙e interested in growing your own seeds for on-farm use, or scaling up for retail or commercial sales, this comprehensive manual will help you protect yourself from supply chain disruptions while ensuring reliable access to quality seed stock adapted to your own climate and bioregion. Coverage includes:
- The journey to self-sufficiency鈥攚hy and how to extricate yourself from the modern seed distribution industry and develop your own heirloom seeds adapted to your location and climate
- Easing common concerns such as cross-pollination, crop timing, and poor seed genetics while choosing the right seed varieties for your small farm or market garden
- Detailed profiles and practical, hands-on growing and harvesting techniques for dozens of vegetable and flower crops
- The economics of seed production, and the business case for scaling up and selling seeds into local, retail, or wholesale channels
- Farm planning, sowing schedules, projected crop yields, and other considerations.
With everything you need to help integrate organic seed production into your small-scale farm or market garden simply, profitably, and successfully, this unique and exciting guide proves that going to seed is easier than you think!
Presented by Macdonald Campus Seed Library with support from the Office of Student Academic Services and University Advancement.