SKAGIT – The 6th Annual Organic Seed Alliance Conference will be held Jan. 19-21 in Port Townsend, and includes a pre-conference field tour in the Skagit Valley, a major vegetable seed production region. An all-day field tour co-sponsored by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange will visit major cabbage, beet and spinach growing regions, as well as organic variety trials at Osborne Seed Company, view seed handling operations, and learn about seed research projects at the Washington State University NW Research Center. The tour price is $100 per person, and includes bus ride and lunch. For more information, visit http://www.seedalliance.org/event-list/