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Food, Seed and Climate Change Resilience

8th May 2019

Sacred River, Sacred Land: a community goes ‘back to roots’ in Kenya

Simon Mitambo and his childhood community of Tharaka, Kenya, are working together to revive and enhance their Earth-centred culture and traditions. Theirs is a story of going ‘back to roots’… Read More

11th April 2019

Could you be the Seed Sovereignty UK & Ireland Programme Manager?

We’re looking for a strategic thinker and dynamic communicator with a passion for food and seed sovereignty here in the UK and Ireland. This is an exciting opportunity to take… Read More

3rd April 2019

Red en Defensa del Maíz – Network in Defense of Maize – Takes Place in Mexico

Gaia’s Tom Takezoe writes from the National Assembly for the Red en Defensa del Maíz (Network in Defense of Maize), held in Campeche, Mexico, March 21st – 24th   Crammed… Read More

18th March 2019

We’re Celebrating Seed Week 18 – 22 March

From Monday 18th March, small-scale seed producers across the UK and Ireland will be celebrating Seed Week to raise awareness of the benefits of buying locally grown and adapted, organic seed. Seed… Read More

12th February 2019

What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

This new article from Eye on the Arctic explores how a Skolt Saami-led project in Arctic Finland, supported by out partners the Snowchange Cooperative, is bringing together science and indigenous… Read More

22nd January 2019

African Biodiversity Network recognised for ‘Outstanding Practice in Agroecology’

Gaia is delighted that our long-term partner organisation the African Biodiversity Network  (ABN) has been recognised for Outstanding Practice in Agroecology by the World Future Council. This much deserved award recognises… Read More

18th December 2018

Uganda: Reweaving the basket of life

After three years of intensive intergenerational dialogues, this November indigenous communities living along the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert came together to map their future; a future of abundant food,… Read More

7th December 2018

Seed Week: Maria Scholten & Poyntzfield Herb Nursery in Scotland

Where did your passion for seed start? Gardening on the Canadian prairies for a while under semi-arid conditions, my biodynamically trained farmer friend Ginie would recommend biological locally produced seeds… Read More

6th December 2018

Seed Week: An interview with David Price from the Seed Cooperative, Lincolnshire

Where did your passion for seed start? I guess my passion is really for diversity and that is what has fired my enthusiasm for open pollinated seed and seed sovereignty…. Read More

5th December 2018

Seed Week: An Interview with Fred Groom from Vital Seeds in Devon

Where did your passion for seed start? My passion for seed started while I was at university studying Human Ecology and came from a political perspective initially. I was shocked… Read More