Canada: British Columbia Eco Seed Co-op
4 Seed Firms Control 56% of the Global Brand-Name Seed Market
Funding Drive on Wayblaze
Oct 2020
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While the demand for local organic produce has risen rapidly, the supply of locally grown organic seed has not kept up and the farmers you rely on for delicious local food struggle to locally source the quantity and quality of seed they need.
A handful of farmers knew it was time to increase the quantity and improve the quality ecological and organic seed grown in BC, and the BC Eco Seed Co-op was born! As a producers co-op of 18 farmers we’re working together to provide seed to growers of all sizes in bulk and packet quantities.
Citizens like you are more concerned now, than ever, about their food security as the COVID-19 pandemic and want to know how they can support farmers and be part of strengthening a resilient system. As a small business made up of farmers we hear you, 2020 has been a year like no other. We’re so glad to see folks like you buying local seed and growing more food and want to grow more together!
Since 2014 we’ve been operating out of a shared office space and now need a “room of our own” of expanded commercial space to increase capacity, meet the demand for BC-grown seed, and to store and package seed safely, efficiently and with care. We want to meet the need for seed and hope you’ll join us along the way, read on to be part of seeding change!
