Hawai‘i Heritage Seed Project (Ilana Stout, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo)
Lessons 1 & 2 | Flower Morphology Slides
These lessons were designed as part of a Master’s degree project which seeks to identify and record the stories of heritage (heirloom) varieties of food and medicine plants that were brought to the Hawaiian Islands during the plantation era. Lesson 1 introduces students to basic pollination biology, including flower morphology, self-pollination, cross-pollination and the differences between hybrid and open-pollinated plants. Lesson 2 examines the importance of varietal diversity in food systems and looks at the decline of this diversity. These lessons were developed for middle school students but may be adapted for other grades. You are welcome to modify and use these lessons in your class as desired. Contact Ilana Stout at istout@hawaii.edu with questions or for more information.
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Hawaiian Heirloom Sweet potatoes (Jay Bost)
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Participatory Variety Trials to Assess Response To Environment In Organic Vegetable Crops (Alex Lyon, M.S. University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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A New Six-Webinar Series On Organic Seed Production (Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) and the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA))
This highly recommended series covers a range of topics, from planting to harvest to the economics of seed production