Community Integration, Food Connections, Program Management, Teaching in Gardens

Plant Selection and Seed Saving

Webinar Archive
Plant Selection and seed saving – 3/25/26

Discover how you can create a plant breeding program that puts students at the forefront of selection and stewarding your seeds’ stories.

This webinar will cover some basic principles of plant breeding, best practices on collecting and storing seeds, and ways to have youth be deeply involved in crop improvement.

Presented by:

  • Brian Emerson, Director of Urban Agriculture Education at Rooted, Madison, WI
  • Forrest Smart, Assistant Farm and Education Manager at Rooted, Madison, WI

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This webinar is part of the 2025 School Garden Leadership Institute Webinar Series which highlights participants of the 2025 School Garden Leadership Institute, hosted by Life Lab and Whole Kids, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, in partnership with the SGSO Network.

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