2005 Annual Report
4d.Progress report.
This report serves to document research conducted under a Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement between ARS and Cornell University. Additional details of this research can be found in the report for the parent CRIS 1907-21000-016-00D entitled Conservation and Utilization of Germplasm of Selected Vegetable Crops.
Workshops. Workshops on seed saving, seed production and/or the economics of seed production were conducted at the USDA-ARS, PGRU in Geneva, NY on 23 August 2005; at the PSI On-Farm Seed Production Workshop at the NOFA-NY Annual Winter Conference in Syracuse, NY on January 28, 2005; the NOFA-MA Summer Conference in Amherst, Massachusetts on August 13, 2005, and the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine September 23 - 24, 2005. These training workshops were attended by over 800 people. Demonstrations: Displays and demonstrations of the mobile seed processing unit and/or PSI outreach material were held at the NOFA-MA Summer Conference in Amherst, MA on August 13, 2005; and at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, ME on September 24 and 25, 2004. Community Seed Days. The mobile seed processing unit was set up at several locations for wet and dry seed processing during weeklong community seed days. The community seed days were held in Geneva, Newark, Moravia and Cochecton Center, NY; and in Hamden, CT.
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