Annie Richard
Organization: Kitchen Table Seed House
Location: Wolfe Island, Ontario Canada
Biography
Annie is an eater, seed producer and budding plant breeder.
While in culinary school, Annie rounded out her experience with a summer farm internship where she discovered the incredible range and potential of flavour possibilities in the garden. She went on to learn on numerous farms, studied Sustainable Agriculture at Fleming College and worked at Kingston’s Heirloom Seed Sanctuary. These experiences reinforced her interest in producing and developing quality seed.
A growing knowledge of plant breeding and the ways it can best serve farmers and gardeners lead to her working under Dr. Michael Mazourek in the Plant Breeding department at Cornell University. Her current work to improve and develop varieties, with flavour at the forefront, is her central focus at Kitchen Table Seed House.
