Submit a Proposal for a Long Session (Peer Reviewed) | 12th Organic Seed Growers Conference Survey

Please submit your proposal for Peer-Reviewed Sessions including Panel Discussions, Roundtables, Presentations of Research here.

Want to contribute to the list of Open Submissions including Demonstrations, Farm Tours, Lighting Talks, Poster Presentations or Works of Art instead? Please click here.

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* 1. Contact Information

Name *

Affiliation (farm/organization/business/school) *

Street Address

Street Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code *

Country

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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* 2. Please help us understand the diversity of our seed community. Check all that apply.

Black, African American or Afro-Caribbean

East Asian or Asian American

Latinx or Hispanic American

Southwest Asian & North African or Arab American

Native American, American Indian or Native Alaskan

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

South Asian or Indian American

White or European American

Prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please share with us your background. Choose all that apply.

Farmer

Seed grower/producer

Plant breeder

University researcher

Organic certifier/inspector

Seed company

Seed policy advocate

Non-governmental organization (NGO)

Media

Granting organization

Student

Gardener

Seed saver

Food processor/retailer

Seed/food justice worker

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Session Title

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* 5. What experiences/expertise/perspective do you have with this topic?

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* 6. Description/abstract of session (~250 words)

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* 7. What type of session is your proposal or submission? Please select one.

Panel discussion

Roundtable

Presentation of research

Research Poster

Other (please specify)

Want to submit an Open Session such as a Demonstration, Farm Tour, Lighting Talk, or Work of Art instead? Please click here.

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* 8. Please indicate any additional presenter(s) you have contacted about this session and the prospective they would bring to the topic (e.g. farmer, seed company representative, seed/food justice worker, etc.):

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

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* 9. Would you intend for this session to be in-person or virtual?

I need the session to be in-person

I need the session to be virtual

Either in-person or virtual could be fine

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* 10. Please indicate which priority categories your proposal addresses. Check all that apply and use the comment box to share more details.

Farmer presenter or included on panel

Racial diversity among presenter(s) or panelists

Presenters from a diversity of agricultural backgrounds / approaches

Opportunities for audience interaction

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 11. Session target audience. Choose all that apply.

Seed growers/producers

Farmers

Plant breeders

University researchers

Organic certifiers

Extension agents

Gardeners

Seed companies

Agricultural students

Food processors/retailers

Policy advocates

Seed/food justice workers

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Which topic(s) does your proposed session cover?

Building equity and justice in organic seed communities

Policy and advocacy focused on seed equity and justice

Methods for building community and access beyond the conference cycle in the new Organic Seed Commons virtual platform

Nuts and bolts of growing seed, conducting variety trials, and/or plant breeding (e.g. field practices, seed cleaning, and/or processing, packing, and sales)

Emergent topics related to current events

Advancements in organic plant breeding

Breeding for resiliency and biodiversity, including to mitigate the impacts of climate change

Grower-led and participatory breeding projects

New models for organic seed production, quality assurance, enterprise development, and commercializing new varieties (e.g., alternative approaches to intellectual property)

Understanding the economics of seed production

Timely and emerging policy and advocacy topics that are essential to expanding organic seed systems and that are in need of more clarity, strategy, and discussion

First-person seed stories from a diversity of perspectives and communities, especially encouraged from growers of historical and contemporary culturally significant crops and/or varieties.

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 13. The 2025 conference sessions will primarily be organized into the following 5 "tracks". Keeping in mind that many sessions address multiple topics, which of these tracks would your session BEST fit into?

Beginning seed production

Advanced seed production

Plant breeding

Policy and Advocacy

Culture