Canadian seed share pilot program 2025

Sharing Seeds
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Hi,

We’ve been working on a small Canadian seed share program for this year. Let us know if you have any questions!

(in French further down/en Français plus bas)
Announcing the Canadian Seed Share

We are thrilled to introduce the Canadian Seed Share as a new pilot program this year! We’ll be offering seven crops shipped from Canada, exclusively to Canadian growers: moschata squash, maxima squash, cucumbers, melons, common beans, sweet corn, and broccoli. Due to import regulations, Canadians can continue to order from the US program, but folks in the US won’t be able to order from Canada.

If you’d like to contribute seed to GTS Canada’s 2025 offering, please fill out the linked form. We’ll begin accepting shipments of seed once the postal strike ends, but please aim to have your seeds shipped by January 20th, 2025. Seeds will be available to contributors in late February, and to everyone else (in Canada!) around March 20th, 2025, through the Going to Seed webpage.

Le programme Canadien de Partage de Semences est ici !
Nous sommes heureux de lancer notre projet pilote de Partage de Semences pour le Canada ! Cette année, nous proposerons sept cultures aux producteurs canadiens : courge moschata, courge maxima, concombres, haricots, melons, maïs sucré et brocoli. En raison des réglementations d’importation, les Canadiens peuvent continuer à commander auprès du programme américain, mais les habitants des États-Unis ne pourront pas commander depuis le Canada.

Si vous souhaitez contribuer des semences pour l’offre canadienne 2025, veuillez remplir le formulaire lié. Nous commencerons à recevoir vos envois de semences une fois que la grève postale sera terminée, mais veuillez viser à envoyer vos semences d’ici le 20 janvier 2025. Les semences seront ensuite disponibles pour les contributeurs autour du 20 février 2025 (prévisionnel), et pour tout le monde (au Canada) autour du 20 mars 2025, sur le site web de Going to Seed.

Merci de soutenir cette initiative !

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I’m excited to see how this program comes together! Thank you for your initiative and hard work! Also, are common beans like garden beans that you eat fresh or dry beans?

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Thanks for your interest Nicole!

Common beans would be all types of Phaseolus vulgaris; it would certainly help if people sending seeds indicate that they are sending dry beans or fresh beans, as well as pole vs bush beans, and keep them separate.

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Got it!

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Enjoy the holidays everyone! We will be providing details to ship seeds for Canada towards the end of this week.

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If you are a seed contributor in Canada and have filled the form, you should have received shipping instructions.

For anyone else in Canada who would like to contribute you can still contribute until January 20th via the following form: 2025 Seed Contributions

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Note that, despite what’s written on the contribution form, we cannot provide shipping labels for Canada this year. However, we do provide reimbursement for shipping (with a receipt).
A link to the reimbursement form has been sent to all contributors in the instructions email.

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Ok good to know thank you! Also, I need to know the address to ship it to.

Thank you!
Nicole

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Hi Nicole, you should have received an email with the address this morning.

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Yes I did thank you!

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