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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

4th December 2018

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

3rd December 2018

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

2nd December 2018

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

30th November 2018

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

21st November 2018

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

17th November 2018

“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