August 30, 2026 Variety Showcase at Glynwood
The Variety Showcase is a public tasting and community-building event produced by the Culinary Breeding Network and Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in Cold Spring, NY. The event is dedicated to illuminating the importance of organic seed and advancing a more inclusive plant-breeding process that engages everyone across the food system. This year, it takes place on Sunday, August 30, from 3-7PM.
Chefs will collaborate directly with plant breeders and farmers to create dishes featuring specific cultivars and in-development breeding lines. Guests will have the rare opportunity to taste new and emerging vegetable, grain, and fruit varieties while learning about the seed work behind them — work grounded in values such as climate resilience, culinary quality, nutrition, biodiversity, cultural heritage, and seed sovereignty.
Learn more and register at https://www.glynwood.org/events-collection/variety-showcase-2026
Funding

This project was funded in 2017 by the NIFA Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Grant number 2017-51300-26809. In 2020, a second grant, Developing Multi-Use Naked Barley for Organic Systems II was awarded funding: Grant number 2020-51300-32179. In 2023, a third grant was awarded funding: Grant number 2023-51300-40964.

