Semillas Abiertas
En el marco del Coloquio Internacional Perspectivas de la Ecología en América Latina (ver más), Bioleft participó de la mesa “Hacia sostenibilidades compartidas: aprendizajes desde experiencias colaborativas en Latinoamérica”, reflexionando sobre los desafíos y aprendizajes en torno al intercambio y mejoramiento de semillas abiertas en Argentina.
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En Bioleft seguimos generando recursos prácticos para contribuir a la soberanía alimentaria. En esta oportunidad, compartimos un tutorial para conservar semillas de tomate, y otros cultivos como pimientos, zapallitos y calabazas, de manera sencilla y efectiva.
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This past April, we held the closing workshop for the 2024–2025 campaign of the collaborative evaluation project of Creole tomatoes. Once again, we came together from different regions and experiences to celebrate a collective process that continues to grow, driven by the commitment of gardeners, agroecological producers, researchers, students, and defenders of open-pollinated seeds.
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Have you noticed that some tomatoes have a top part that looks underripe? Those "green shoulders" are actually the key to their flavor.
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On Thursday, January 16, we visited Julia’s farm in Florencio Varela. Julia is part of the Minka cooperative for agroecological seed production.
As part of the Citizen Science project, Julia grows and evaluates different heirloom tomato varieties — three linked to the “Rescuing the Heirloom Tomato” project (Aimé, La Piqui, and No Me Olvides) and four others from the same collection but harvested in 2023 (Perita No. 18, Perita No. 20, Perita No. 67, and Perita Ronita).
In addition, she conserves and cultivates more than 10 of her own tomato varieties, which she has collected and preserved over the years
On Tuesday, December 17, a new workday took place at the UNSAM Community Garden, featuring significant improvements and various maintenance activities. The day included the presence of Angelly Sánchez and Sabrina Rendon, members of the “Rescuing the Creole Tomato” team from the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA).
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En el marco del proyecto “Laboratorio vivo: cultivar, experimentar y aprender en la UNSAM”, el pasado jueves 7 de noviembre se llevamos adelante una Jornada de Trasplante y Mantenimiento en la Huerta Educativa y Parcela Experimental “Casita Astro”. Esta actividad, realizada en colaboración con el Área de Sustentabilidad y Ambiente de la Secretaría de Extensión y Vinculación (SEyV), incluyó la cosecha de hortalizas y el trasplante de tomates criollos.
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On September 10th, the Bioleft extension team visited Julia’s farm, a member of the Minka cooperative for agroecological seed production, located in Florencio Varela. This is where the varieties of tomatoes linked to the “Al rescate del tomate criollo” project are being evaluated.
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On Wednesday, July 31, the closing workshop for the 2023-2024 collaborative tomato evaluation season between Minka and Bioleft was held at Julia’s farm, a member of Minka, located in Florencio Varela.
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As part of the “Al Rescate del Tomate criollo” project [“To the Rescue of Creole Tomato”], which seeks to recover tomato flavour through the collection, exchange and collaborative breeding of creole tomatoes, the Closing workshop of Creole Tomato 2023/2024 season was held virtually on June 26. More than 30 grower-breeders from different regions of the country participated in the workshop”.
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