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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
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
Seed Week: An Interview With Wayne Frankham From The Irish Seed Savers
Where did your passion for seed start? For me it was a culmination of practical thrift, community action – and a working bumblebee which inspired an unadulterated fascination with natures… Read More
Seed Week: An Interview With Kate McEvoy From Real Seeds In Wales
Where did your passion for seed start & how was Real Seeds born? We’ve been growing seeds for around 25 years now. We started when we realised that so many… Read More
Seed Week: Where To Buy Organic Seed This Christmas
To celebrate Seed Week we’ve brought together a list of producers who are all committed to cultivating, selecting and saving the best possible quality organic seed. By supporting small-scale producers… Read More
Press Release: Seed Week raises awareness of organic seed being grown by small-scale producers across the UK & Ireland
As annual seed catalogues hit the doormats of eager gardeners, the UK and Ireland Seed Sovereignty Programme urges people to reconsider their purchasing habits and plant a seed of change… Read More
Community Exhibitions of We Feed the World Open Across Six Continents
This photo-story was originally published on the We Feed the World site. After the huge success of the We Feed the World exhibition at the Bargehouse in London, we have… Read More
“Why we need open pollinated seed” Seed Sovereignty programme in the Guardian
Originally featured in The Guardian on Saturday 17th November. Written by Alys Fowler. “If you examine my pockets you will always find, among the lint, some seed. It’s an absent-minded… Read More
Send an email to your MP: Put agroecology in the Agricultural Bill!
Following the Good Food March on 14th October, our allies The Land Workers Alliance need your help to push for amendments to the UK’s Agricultural Bill that will support agroecology… Read More
Strategic Convening on Resilient Seed Systems
The following are updates and reflections from Neil Munro, coordinator of Gaia’s UK and Ireland Seed Sovereignty Programme, who recently participated in the Global Food Alliance’s Strategic Convening on Resilient… Read More
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