Better Seed, Better Life Podcast

In today’s episode, ASTA sat down with Washington State University plant breeder Amit Dhingra, who has a deep passion for nutritious food. Amit describes how his childhood experiences growing up in India have motivated him to pursue a career focused in developing a healthier and more secure food system. Amit started his PhD working in rice and has more recently shifted his focus to fruit crops, including more nutritious apples, berries and grapes. As a co-author on a recent scientific paper on the safety of plant breeding, Amit shares his take on the history, and future, of plant breeding – including evolving methods like gene editing.

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In today’s episode I am excited to share with you my interview with Natalie Kaiser a plant breeder and PhD candidate at Michigan State University. She shares some of the exciting work she and her team are doing, food safety and much more. Take a listen!

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Listen in to hear Chelsey Lenczyk of Bejo Seeds Inc. and Erica Strittmatter of NewLeaf Symbiotics talk about holding virtual events in the seed industry. Chelsey will be talking about how in an effort to support and encourage growers, Bejo Seeds Inc., has decided to create a ‘Virtual’ Open House for the highly attended Geneva, New York event. Chelsey will explain how they decided to take this annual event virtual and more about the planning to make it happen. Erica recently coordinated a virtual field day hosted via twitter for NewLeaf Symbiotics. She will talk a little about considerations they had in planning, how the event went and what lessons they learned.

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In today’s episode I am excited to share with you my interview with Jennifer Crouse.  She shares all about what PLDC Virtual is, how its different from any other conference we have held and why you need to tune in!

To see the full agenda and register, check out the PLDC Virtual Website!

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In today’s episode I am excited to share with you my interview with Dr. Wayne Parrott of the University of Georgia. He shares some of the exciting work he and his team are doing, some of the roadblocks for new technology are much more. Take a listen to Dr. Wayne Parrott and all about gene editing!

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! In our last episode of this series, you have listened in and gotten to know more about each our staff members and learned what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from me, Ellen S. Zimmerman, Director or Internal Communication and Membership Engagement.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Marketing and Communications Manager, Kaity Crawford.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Vice President of Strategic Communication, Bethany Shively.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Senior Director, Meetings and Events, Jennifer Crouse.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Director of Government Affairs, Virginia Houston.

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