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Latest Episodes

Darrell Bricker Says the Problem With Robots is They Don’t Buy Things
May 07, 2020

Marc Zienkiewicz interviews Ipsos CEO public affairs Darrell Bricker about his prediction that the world population is poised to decline, and how the COVID-19 pandemic might affect the business of agriculture in light of population trends.

ASTA’s Andy LaVigne and Yan Branco of Sobeys on Consumers and the Marketplace
April 30, 2020

In this week's episode of the Germination Podcast, Marc Zienkiewicz goes into his archives and unearths two interviews he did back in February at the American Seed Trade Association's Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference in Monterey, Calif.,

Lorne Hadley on Unscrupulous Buyers and Why the Future Will be a Bit Different
April 23, 2020

The executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency joins host Marc Zienkiewicz to talk about a seed-buying scheme going on right now and how CPTA members are dealing with the pandemic.

Explaining the Surge in Garden Seed Demand and an Ontario Seed Growers Check-In
April 16, 2020

Marc Zienkiewicz gives you the latest news highlights to help you keep informed on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the seed industry. Episode 5 features interviews with Renee Shepherd of Renee’s Garden and Colleen Acres of the Ontario Seed Gr...

A Germination Webinar: Building a Better Regulatory System
April 15, 2020

The Canadian seed industry is gearing up for regulatory modernization. The Seed Regulation Modernization Working Group (SRMWG) will work with the federal government to modernize the seed regulations for the 21st century.

Cancelled Meetings? No Problem! Why COVID-19 Won’t Stop the Seed Business
April 09, 2020

Episode 4 features interviews with Krista Erickson of the Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada, Doug Miller of the Canadian Seed Growers' Association, Roy Van Wyk of the Canadian Seed Institute, and Claudio Feulner of the Canadian Seed Trade ...

11 Strategies to Thrive in Today’s Environment
April 09, 2020

Seed organizations and industry suppliers are facing unprecedented business challenges. Like being tossed around in a whirlwind with no clear sense of how to get out. One thing remains clear – new plans, reallocation of resources and new strategies mus...

The Continued Movement of Seed is Imperative for Seed Companies and Farmers
April 09, 2020

Alex Martin sits down to talk with Michael Keller about the state of the International Seed Federation during the COVID-19 crisis. In part two of this podcast, Keller discusses a major concern that ISF members are having: whether or not international b...

Wayne Gale’s Trying Week, a Boon for Beans and BASF’s Contingency Seed
April 02, 2020

Episode 3 features interviews with Wayne Gale of Stokes Seeds on why he had to shut his website down this week, Valerio Hoyos-Villegas of McGill University on how COVID-19 is raising the profile of pulses, and Brent Collins of BASF on the importance of...

The Continued Movement of Seed is Imperative for Seed Companies and Farmers
April 01, 2020

Alex Martin sits down to talk with Michael Keller about the state of the International Seed Federation during the COVID-19 crisis. In part two of this podcast, Keller discusses a major concern that ISF members are having: whether or not international b...