Shane chats with Evalisa McIllfaterick about her collaborative watermelon breeding project in chilly Canada.

Evalisa's Market Farm- Root Cellar Gardens: rootcellargardens.com

Superior Seed Producers (the local seed collective mentioned): https://superiorseedproducers.wordpress.com/

Lakehead University Sustainable Food Lab/ Breeding Diversity, Community, and Health: Mobilizing Landrace Seeding Breeding in Northwestern Ontario (2024 – 2027) project: https://foodsystems.lakeheadu.ca/agroecology-in-canada/

Robin Wall Kimmerer's essay about corn/maize: https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/corn-tastes-better/

Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Farmer-Led Research: https://efao.ca/farmer-led-research/

Seedlinked- a database of crop variety performance for home and market gardeners: https://app.seedlinked.com/en-US/seeds/search