Mini SAGE was an online education experience presented live Friday May 1st and 2nd through 13 Zoom sessions. Below you will find links to the original schedule and materials instructions, the saved notes from the chat room and embedded youtube videos for each session.
Friday, May 1, 2020
SAGE 1
9:30-10am: Introductions and Course Overviews
10-11:45 am: Session 1: Basic Seed Saving with Bill McDorman
10:00-10:35 am: a) Basic Terms b) Basic Seed Saving (Selfers)
SAGE 2
10:35-10:45 am: ACTIVITY Tomato Seed Saving
11:00-11:35 am: a) Next Level Seed Saving (Crossers, Large Populations) b) Harvest, Storage, Germination
SAGE 3
11:35-11:45 am: ACTIVITY Germination Test
1:00-1:45 pm: Playful Plant Breeding with Joseph Lofthouse
SAGE 4
2:00-2:45 pm: Integrating Seed Growing into Your Operation with Casey O’Leary
SAGE 5
3:00-3:45 pm: Backyard Ecology and Seed Saving with Tomoe Natori
SAGE 6
4:00-4:45 pm: Making Sourdough Starter with Steve Alston
SAGE 7
4:45: Sourdough Q & A, Wrap Up The Day
Saturday, May 2, 2020
SAGE 8
9:30-9:45: Introductions and Course Overviews
9:45-10:00: Feed Sourdough Starter (Steve) and answer questions
10:00-10:35am: Grain Module with Bill McDorman
10:35-10:45: The Joy of Grains, The Importance of Grain Trials with Lee-Ann Hill
SAGE 9
11-11:45am: Backyard Grain Growing with Steve Alston
SAGE 10
1-1:45pm: Grain Field Mini-Tour and Farm Scale Growing with Evan Sofro
SAGE 11
2:00-2:45pm: Home Grain Milling with Steve Alston
SAGE 12
3:00-3:45: Introduction to Sourdough Baking with Steve Alston
SAGE 13
4:00-4:45: Cultural Considerations of Seed Saving with Casey O’Leary
4:45: Wrap Up
Mini SAGE Original Cover Letter, Schedule and Materials Instructions – download
SAGE 1 Chat – download
SAGE 2 Chat – download
SAGE 3 Chat – download
SAGE 4 Chat – download
SAGE 5 Chat – download
SAGE 6 Chat – download
SAGE 7 Chat – download
SAGE 8 Chat – download
SAGE 9 Chat – download
SAGE 10 Chat – download
SAGE 11 Chat – download
SAGE 12 Chat – download