Description
Join us for a Field Day at Affinity Farm in Moscow, Idaho, followed by a 2-day Seed School!
Registration fee helps to offset food costs. Scholarships are available. Please email casey.snakeriverseeds@gmail.com if you are in need of full or partial financial assistance. No one turned away for inability to pay.
Sunday, August 17th - Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Field Day:
Sunday, August 17th at Affinity Farm in Moscow, Idaho
Tour highlights include:
- Organic urban seed production
- Dry and wet seed crop production
- Winnow Wizard seed cleaner
- Organic seed garlic production
- And more!
About Affinity Farm
Established in 2002 on the northern edge of Moscow, Idaho, Affinity Farm is proud to be certified organic by the State of Idaho. They currently sell veggies at the Moscow Farmer's Market, local restaurants, and wholesale to the Moscow Food Co-op. Each year they have increased the quantity and variety of crops to the Snake River Seed Co-op, and love the intentional action of engaging in a vital and integral regional seedshed. Kelly serves on the board of directors for SRSC!
Seed School:
Monday, August 18th & Tuesday, August 19th 9am-5pm
Location: Monday at Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute in Moscow
Tuesday: All day farm tours! Transportation provided! Itinerary below
Whether you’re looking to increase your own self-sufficiency or to add seed production to your market garden or farm offerings, there has never been a better time to relearn this vital part of our agricultural heritage.
The two-day Seed School will cover a range of basics to grow high-quality organic seeds, including:
The two-day Seed School will cover a range of basics to grow high-quality organic seeds, including:
- Seed biology
- Flowers and pollination
- Growing seeds
- Harvesting and processing seeds
- Seed storage
- Seed literacy
- Wild seed harvesting
- Organic weed, pest, and disease control in seed crops
- Adding seed production to your market garden or farm
- Selection and on-farm crop improvement
- Opportunities for selling your seeds
Monday's lunch catered by Chef BunBun's and featuring local ingredients
Tuesday will feature visits to the following locations:
- Flansburg Farm, Palouse WA
- USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Pullman WA
- USDA-ARS Germplasm Repository, Pullman WA
- LUNCH at Barm & Wallops, featuring Don Scheuerman, Palouse Heritage Grain Project
- Thorn Creek Native Seeds, Genessee, Idaho
Questions about this event can be directed to casey.snakeriverseeds@gmail.com
This event is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).”
Know a farm interested in transitioning to organic? Reach out to Hanna, an Organic Transition Specialist, at TOPP@tilth.org
Know a farm interested in transitioning to organic? Reach out to Hanna, an Organic Transition Specialist, at TOPP@tilth.org