The organization representing Alberta’s seed growers has amalgamated with its smaller B.C. counterpart to form the Alberta-British Columbia Seed Growers (ABCSG).
All but a couple dozen of the new association’s nearly 720 members farm in Alberta, so joining forces will “ensure that seed growers in British Columbia have the same level of recognition and promotion for their pedigreed seed as growers across the country,” said Tracy Niemela, the organization’s president and a grower from the Sylvan Lake area.
The merged group is one of six associations that are part of the Canadian Seed Growers Association, which represents 3,500 seed growers and monitors and certifies seed for field crops in Canada (except potatoes).
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The new website can be found at abcseedgrowers.ca.
