b'September 2019ContentsFEATURES04Seeing the Value in an SVUA06 Seed Synergy: The Next Phase08Annette Gibbons Wants us to Work Together10 For Wendy Jahn, the Devil is in the Details14 Announcing the CPBI Awards16 Taking Notice of Illegal Seed Practices18 How the French Seed Industry Came Together20 How French Plant Breeders Protect Themselves21 Three Canadians Now Hold Major LeadershipRoles in the Americas36 Beating the ClockPERSPECTIVES12 CSAAC32 CSGA34 CSI40 CSTA48 Giant ViewsDEPARTMENTS28 Retail Roundtable42 Cross Pollination44 World Status46 The HeadlinesSPECIAL SECTIONS24 INSIDERSON THE COVEROn pages 16-20 we explore somekey takeaways from the InternationalCALVINS EXPERIENCE REALLY INFLUENCED THE Seed Federations World Seed Congress held in Nice, France,ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FOR THIS, THE WAY WE earlier this year. Germination was onLAID IT OUT AND THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT WE USED. location for the event. Some trivia: pictured on the stamp is the famous Tom Greaves / 36French artwork La Semeuse (The Sower). It depicts a woman seeding a field with the sun rising behind her.SEPTEMBER 2019GERMINATION.CA 1'