Shane chats with Evalisa McIllfaterick about her collaborative watermelon breeding project in chilly Canada.
Evalisa's Market Farm- Root Cellar Gardens: rootcellargardens.com
Superior Seed Producers (the local seed collective mentioned): https://superiorseedproducers.wordpress.com/
Lakehead University Sustainable Food Lab/ Breeding Diversity, Community, and Health: Mobilizing Landrace Seeding Breeding in Northwestern Ontario (2024 – 2027) project: https://foodsystems.lakeheadu.ca/agroecology-in-canada/
Robin Wall Kimmerer's essay about corn/maize: https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/corn-tastes-better/
Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Farmer-Led Research: https://efao.ca/farmer-led-research/