** Please share with your network **
"Seed stories:
Narratives of self, science, spirit, and social context"
Rowen White /
Sierra Seeds
∙
Ken Greene / SEEDSHED
Jason Cavatorta /
EarthWorks Seeds
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Kristyn Leach / Namu
Farm
Dan Cornelius /
Intertribal Ag Council
∙
Yusuf Bin-Rella / Food
Routes
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August 22-25, 2019
Bethel Horizons Retreat Center ∙
Dodgeville, WI
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SOSS is committed to inclusivity.
Please choose the deferred payment option ("Unpaid
Student") and/or apply for a travel scholarship
if funding is an issue.
What
is SOSS?
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An
annual gathering of graduate students, researchers, farmers, and seed industry professionals working in organic seed systems.
What
are the goals of SOSS?
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To
create a community grounded in both scientific rigor and
regenerative ethics, in which the organic seed movement can grow.
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To
connect and support graduate students working in organic
seed systems, in order both to strengthen their current research and facilitate post-graduate opportunities.
What
makes SOSS unique?
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SOSS
is centered on graduate students. While professionals
from both private and public seed sectors are essential to the gathering, they are present primarily as mentors.
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SOSS
is small. The gathering is intentionally
limited to 75 attendees or fewer, and the schedule allows time for in-depth, informal conversations as well as thought-provoking programming.
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SOSS
focuses on plant breeding. Plant breeding
for resilience in organic systems is the primary focus of many SOSS attendees, but people working on seed quality, seed production, and socioeconomic dimensions of organic seed systems are welcome too.
What’s
the story with “Seed Stories?”
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Each
of us has a story -- a lifelong series of causes and events,
people and places -- that has led us to work with organic seed systems.
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Each
of our stories has context. Each narrative represents a confluence
of personal choices, cultural values, and socioeconomic structures. And importantly, none of these stories is finished.
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SOSS
2019 is an invitation to share, re-examine, and re-imagine our seed stories.
What
questions will guide SOSS 2019?
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How
have your identities -- race / ethnicity / gender / class / sexual orientation / ability/ etc -- shaped your work with seeds?
How have your identities shaped the questions you ask and
the resources you have to answer them?
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What
questions – about productivity, aesthetics, power, ecology, or something else – do you want to answer in future seed projects?
What insights might scientific paradigms,
instruments, or technologies provide? Which questions can’t science answer?
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Does
thinking about the stories
of seed varieties, or of the seed professionals who create
them, change our conversation about plant breeding techniques and technologies? About intellectual property? About privilege?
Is
SOSS different than SOSP?
Do
I need to pay when I register?
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No!
To defer payment, please select the "unpaid student" registration
option.
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More
questions?
We look forward to seeing you this
August!
** Please share with your network **
