The 9th Annual San Luis Valley Seed Exchange will be held at Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa in South-Central Colorado.

The 9th Annual SLV Seed Exchange is a community event which connects seed growers to each other and the public. The Seed Exchange is an exciting opportunity for local growers, farmers and gardeners. This year, in addition to vegetable, herb and flower seeds, the Exchange will include hemp products, seed, clones and flower. Please note, this is hemp only (cannabis with THC levels below 0.3%) and will not include marijuana.  PLEASE NOTE: If you want to bring hemp to trade or sell, you MUST become a vendor. 

Saturday will be food focused while Sunday will be hemp focused.

Beyond Organica is curating a great lineup of guest speakers for their next Ag Talk which will be interwoven into the Seed Exchange.

Saturday Speakers

• Traditional, Regional Seed Swap
• CBD Crude Oil Extraction Demonstration
• 10:30 am – 11:30 :: Micah Roseberry (Farmhouse Café and Bakery) – Saving Seeds and Growing Food in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
• 11:45 am – 12:45 :: Tom McCracken (Green Earth Farm) – Water Issues & Banning GMO’s in Saguache County
• 1:45 pm – 2:45 :: Miguel Santistevan (Sol Feliz Farms & Agriculture Implementation Research & Education) – Lessons learned on the front lines of climate change on the acequias in Taos: crops types, germination condition, and water availability.
• 3:00 pm – 4:00 :: Jerome Ostentowski (Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute) – Indoor & Outdoor Forest Gardening

Sunday Speakers

• CBD Crude Oil Extraction Demonstration
• 10:30 am – 11:30 :: Caren Kershner (Colorado Industrial Hemp Coalition) – Reflections from Six Years in the Field – One Woman’s Experiences with Industrial Hemp
  
• 12:15 pm – 1:15 :: Clarence “Cab” Baber  (Island Herbs) – Rejuvenative Agriculture
• 1:30 pm – 2:00 :: Terry Moran – Pending  (Colorado Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Program)
• 2:00 pm – 3:00 :: Round Table Discussion about Hemp Harvesting and Post-Harvest Handling