Organic Vegetable Seed Production Course

A Comprehensive Seed Production and Business Training Course for Canadian Farmers

The course is being offered from February 3rd to March 31st, 2025.

If sold out please email OVSP@cog.ca to join the waitlist, additional spots may be added.

We encourage you to review the course overview and refund policy on our website, here. 

Registration is open till January 17th, 2025. 

Canadian Organic Growers (COG) is proud to offer this comprehensive, intermediate course focused on supporting a new generation of successful, commercial, organic seed producers in Canada. Access to organic, biodiverse, and locally adapted seeds is key to the success of the organic farming sector in Canada, yet organic seed availability remains limited. 

Farmers across North America and Europe, surveyed in 2021 and 2022, identified a lack of training opportunities in seed production as a key barrier to strengthening the organic farming sector. This course helps address this gap in Canada by offering education on technical seed production as well as the development of a sound business plan in which seed production becomes part of a viable farming livelihood. 

This course is designed and delivered in partnership with The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security (a program of SeedChange), with funding provided by the Continuing Education and Training Association of BC (CETABC).

Becoming an organic seed producer provides opportunities for real world impacts like: 

• Creating regionally-adapted seed that is resilient to the threats of climate change
• Creating, preserving and improving seed diversity for more flavourful and nutritious crops
• Alleviating the ongoing shortage of organic seed 
• Increasing on farm and ecosystem biodiversity 
• Increasing Canadian food security and supporting equitable farms and communities that want to feed people with care