This session centres Radical Black Farming as an ancestral and contemporary practice rooted in memory, resistance, and self-determination. Guided by Black farmers, land stewards, and organizers, the conversation honours ancestors whose agricultural knowledge, spiritual relationships to land, and collective labour continue to shape Black food systems today. Featuring Jacqueline Dwyer, Matriarch of the Toronto Black

As part of SeedChange’s Where Does Your Seed Come From? series and the National Farmers Union’s NFUniversity, this webinar offers a clear, farmer-focused perspective on seed policy and why it matters now. Grounded in farmers’ experience, rights and time-honoured practices of saving, adapting, and exchanging seed, we’ll explore how farmers are impacted by seed policies in Canada and internationally.

Incomes continue to tumble for many Canadian farmers. Increasing costs, stagnating product prices, and tight margins are making farm livelihoods untenable. Canadian farmers are increasingly seeking off-farm jobs to fill in the gaps. New farmers are faced with high start-up costs, with few long-term guarantees that they can keep farming and make a livelihood. What’s