SeedHeads / Les Semeurs

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MARIANNE BERGERON

Season 5 · Episode 27

Monday, February 9, 2026 • Duration 57:08

Marianne Bergeron, du Coop AgroBio, s'entretient avec Hugo des défis auxquels sont confrontés les membres de la coopérative pour s'approvisionner en semences et variétés adaptées au maïs et au soja, et de la manière dont ils travaillent ensemble pour surmonter ces obstacles. Ils discutent également de la diversification des cultures à l'aide de ces variétés et de l'importance des sélectionneurs dans le développement des chaînes d'approvisionnement locales.

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Matt Soltys

Season 5 · Episode 26

Saturday, January 24, 2026 • Duration 55:34

In this episode, Steph Benoit is joined by fruit tree grower and orchardist Matt Soltys of The Urban Orchardist to explore the long game of fruit trees, seed saving, and participatory plant breeding. Together they dig into what it really means to grow and breed long-lived perennials like apples, pears, paw paws, and quince -- from seed stratification and grafting, to climate resilience and regional adaptation. Matt shares his vision for a bioregion-wide, community-driven fruit breeding network, explains why diversity matters more than ever in a changing climate, and reflects on how fruit trees carry stories, culture, and connection across generations.

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NIKI CLARK

Season 5 · Episode 25

Saturday, January 17, 2026 • Duration 38:13

Dr. Niki Clark runs Nikian Farm in Nova Scotia with her partner, Ian Curry. In this episode, Niki shares about their work cultivating paddy rice -- from soaking and seed starting through to harvest, and de-husking or "polishing" the rice. After a decade of experimentation with this crop, Niki shares her learnings and her passion for this work which transforms humble rice paddies info thriving, biodiverse ecosystems, and launching pads for on-farm plant breeding, and community food security.

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Roby Gobeil

Season 5 · Episode 24

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 • Duration 55:26

Dans cet épisode, Hugo discute avec Roby Gobeil, semencier artisanal du Jardin des vie-la-joie. Ils explorent les landraces modernes, la sélection en conditions réelles, et les projets de métissage que mène Roby sur les carottes, les courges, le brocoli, le maïs sucré, l'okra et le sorgho. Roby partage son approche de la diversité génétique, son passage dans la cohorte Going to Seed, et sa vision de l'avenir des populations évolutives au Québec.

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Rav Singh and Ekow Stone

Season 5 · Episode 23

Monday, November 24, 2025 • Duration 46:57

Rav Singh and Ekow Stone join Steph Benoit to explore the "culture" in agriculture, through okra. In this episode, they talk about their path to farming and its challenges, why okra is such a special crop to both of them and what they hope to achieve through their okra breeding efforts, as well as what they think the future of okra farming is in Southern Ontario.

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Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed

Season 5 · Episode 22

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 • Duration 01:06:49

Botanist and herbalist Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed joins Steph Benoit to explore what it means to grow, save, and share native seed in a time of ecological loss and renewal.

Latifa shares her path from studying herbal medicine and ethnobotany in England to co-running ALCLA Native Plants—one of Canada’s few nurseries dedicated entirely to native species. She describes taking over a 30-year legacy of prairie conservation and how wild seed production differs from domesticated agriculture. Together they discuss how restoring native plants is hands-on climate action anyone can take.

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Jean-François Daoust

Season 4 · Episode 21

Friday, March 22, 2024 • Duration 48:20

Dans cet épisode, Hugo discute avec Jean-François Daoust des Jardins de l'Ile-Dupas des progrès réalisés par leur communauté dans la sélection d'une nouvelle variété de poivron violet qui capture la saveur du Québec. Ils parlent également de leur récent voyage au Pays basque, en Espagne, de la myriade de poivrons qu'ils ont découverts et de ce qu'ils ont appris sur la saveur, la souveraineté des semences et la culture basque autour de la conservation des semences et de la célébration des variétés patrimoniales.

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Allison Squires

Season 4 · Episode 20

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 • Duration 42:41

Steph talks to Allison Squires of Upland Organics in Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 Territory. Allison has been an organic grain farmer for thirteen years, is the President of Canadian Organic Growers (COG), and a farmer mentor with the Young Agrarians apprenticeship program. In this episode, she talks about regional seed as an important adaptive tool for climate change, her work in pioneering organic grain research programs, and the recent changes to Canadian regulations on genetically engineered organisms.

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Mel Sylvestre

Season 4 · Episode 19

Friday, January 12, 2024 • Duration 50:34

Dans cet épisode, Hugo s’entretient avec « l’agricultrice accidentelle » Mel Sylvestre, qui produit des semences pour Grounded Acres Farm et la BC Eco-Seed Co-op. Mel parle de sa passion pour la sélection de betteraves et des méthodes qu’elle utilise. Elle aborde la difficulté de sélectionner pour la couleur, la texture et le goût, et discute des occasions qui s’offrent actuellement aux agriculteurs et aux agricultrices qui souhaitent explorer la biodiversité et la résilience des semences à une époque qui privilégie le profit et l’efficacité.

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Craig Boychuk

Season 4 · Episode 18

Friday, January 5, 2024 • Duration 38:11

Craig Boychuk is a fourth generation Ukrainian Canadian who lives and farms on his great grandparents’ homestead in Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan. In this episode he talks about the ups and downs of launching his new seed farm and company, No Coast Seeds; why he focuses on growing OSSI-pledged varieties; and his aspirations for new plant breeding projects in the future.

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