Project Type: Education Only
Funds awarded in 2023: $41,000.00
Projected End Date: 03/31/2025
Grant Recipient:
Working Food
Region: Southern
State: Florida
Principal Investigator:
Melissa DeSa
Working Food
Description:
See how dry seeds like Ethiopian Kale are taken from in the pod, to nearly cleaned up with simple hand winnowing equipment using screens and a vacuum aspirator. This simple piece of equipment is easy to build and use, and many small scale seed savers have one.
Building plans for this seed vacuum aspirator can be found here: https://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedcleaner.html
Building plans for this seed vacuum aspirator can be found here: https://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedcleaner.html
Type:
Video
Target audiences:
Farmers/Ranchers; Educators
This product is associated with the project "Local Food Needs Local Seed: Increasing Production and Use of Locally Adapted Seed with a Farm to Community Network"
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.