KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) Bruksgenbanker og matplantemangfold VOSSAKVANN Erfaringer fra europeiske pionerer Fridtjof Nansen Institutt Stephen Barstow, E.S.M., E.O.M., S.O.O.F 31st October 2019
Kunnskap og Vern av Nytteplanter i Norge (Knowledge and Protection of Useful Plants in Norway)
Inspirations Lawrence D Hills and the Henry Doubleday Research Association
ABOUT KVANN • Established by the Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre and a national gardening club as a series of so-called Plant Clubs in 2005: Vegetables, potatoes and herbs Berries Ornamentals House Plants • KVANN was founded as a membership organisation in April 2017 with some annual funding from the Norwegian Agriculture Agency • We work to conserve old varieties of Norwegian seed and vegetatively propagated vegetables, herbs, fruit, berries and ornamentals • We work towards more diversity in our food, testing out new species that may be adapted to the Norwegian climate with a lot of focus on perennial plants • We publish a yearbook in February and an autumn catalogue focused on seed and vegetatively propagated perennials : About 700 vegetable / herb varieties, about 250 of which are Norwegian heirlooms • We arrange seed saving and other courses across the country…such as grafting, forest gardening etc. • Annual membership of kr 250 (about $30) and we will reach 500 members this year • We are working to establishing a network of Vegetable Sanctuaries across the country
KVANN’s POTATO PROJECT in collaboration with the Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre 10 virus cleaned varieties available each year from our national collection of about 120 varieties
Schübeler’s Network We are inspired by botanist and leader of the botanical garden in Oslo: Frederik Christian Schübeler (1815 –1892) was a Norwegian botanist. KVANN’s vegetable sanctuary network: Like Schübeler, we are looking to use the old rectory gardens!
We have access to national clone collections through our relationship to the Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre Horseradish Jerusalem Artichokes Rhubarb Shallot Fruit Berries Fruit trees Ornamentals
To assure the quality of our work, KVANN is organised through PLANTELAUG and TEMALAUG SANSAI LAUG We could grow much more food in the Arctic and Mountains using perennials Sansai: Mountain vegetables in Japanese HVITLØKSLAUG: 40 varieties planted last week in Valdres ALLIUM-LAUG members can order onions from our national onion collection in Trondheim
Rematriating Scandinavian Vegetables
LOOKING BACKWARDS TOWARDS INCREASED FUTURE FOOD SECURITY IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD Join and support us through http://kvann.no
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