Episode 3-2: Aabir Dey on Seed Security
This is episode three, part two, with Aabir Dey, the Regional Program Coordinator for the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security.
Part 1 of this episode can be found here.
If you want to learn more about what's happening in Canadian seed security, Aabir recommends checking out USC Canada, Seeds of Diversity, and Everdale (Bauta's regional partner in Ontario and where I volunteer as a director). In this podcast we also discuss the Svalbard Global Seed Bank, ICARDA - The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, and Dan Barber's Blue Hill Farms - Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture.
We speak specifically about UPOV '78 and UPOV '91, Bill C-18 - the Agricultural Growth Act, The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
And a mea culpa: Air Canada wasn't ever explicitly required to fly to Moose Jaw. A blend of incentives (e.g. federal subsidies to smaller airports) and a unbalanced regulatory playing field (viz. significant limitations on foreign competition) are what enable the continued existence of those remote routes to places like Moose Jaw.