Seed Saving and Cultural Memory Banking: Community-Engaged Participatory Plant Breeding with AAPI Farmers in CA

Date

Wednesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 PST, January 5 - March 9

Location

RSVP and Zoom Link at: httpos://forms.gle/QUycCF1n3LA62G869 

or Bowley Hall (Room 101)

Registration

[For UCD Students] CRN 13050; 1 unit

Facilitators

Antonia Palkovic, Charlie Brummer, and Laura C. Roser (Plant Sciences)

Ga Young Chung (Asian American Studies)

Katharina S. Ullmann (Student Farm)

Seminar Description

Many crops with cultural significance to the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community have not been improved for production in the US, resulting in a limited selection of varieties available to farmers, especially those that are adapted to sustainable agricultural systems. In this seminar, we will learn more about Asian specialty crops, cultural memory banking, and the history and cultural context of the AAPI community in CA food and agriculture. We will hear from farmers, chefs, researchers, and farm advisors. At the end of the quarter, we will co-create a culturally responsive participatory breeding process for celtuce and cultural memory banking. 

Talks and Events

The seminar is open to the public. Funding for the seminar series is provided by UC Davis Global Affairs SDG grand program.

Please contact Antonia Palkovic (alpalkovic@ucdavis.edu) or Ga Young Chung (gachung@ucdavis.edu) if you have any questions.