Increasingly, organizations and governments that provide humanitarian aid recognize that people can not live and thrive on staple foods alone -- vegetable-growing is an essential part of crisis recovery and development programs. Learn more about how the vegetable seed trade has a role in these activities - both via charitable involvement and as a private sector presence in emerging market areas.
Presented by: Peter Marks, President/CEO, Seed Programs International. SPI was started by an Asgrow Seed Company retiree in 1999 and has since supported more than 500 hunger relief and crisis recovery programs in 78 countries worldwide, deploying vegetable seeds provided by ASTA members.