Eléonore Mahée, a 28 year-old French agricultural engineer, is cycling from Italy to Iran to explore traditional seed management in a project called Cycling Seeds.
Five months into her journey, having visited Italy, Albania, Greece, Turkey and Georgia, Eléonore takes us through her learnings, sharing some insights about the conservation of traditional seeds and cultivated biodiversity.
Bori Lipka, from the Hungarian Seed Savers in Maghaz, attended the meeting of the new Balkan Seed Network. Here is a report of the meeting, which can be very important for other Eastern European realities to network together, for seed diversity!
The Geneva Academy, IFOAM Organics Europe, Demeter International and ARCHE NOAH cordially invite you to a Conference on the EU seed marketing reform in the European Parliament on the 22nd of June, from 1:30 pm until 5:45 pm with cross-party support. It will be hosted by Martin Häusling (GREENS/EFA), Eric Andrieu (S&D), Norbert Lins (EPP), Dacian Ciolos (Renew Europe) and Anja Hazekamp (GUE/NGL).
Save our seeds has set up a programme for young activists, educators, seed savers and various organisations on different seed issues. There will be one part more open to a general audience and a second part more detailed and with many lecturers from different realities.
Find diversity here! Browse through the varieties and get inspired for your garden and your kitchen. You will find access to seeds and plant material for more than 4700 varieties that are in ProSpecieRara hands. From the ‘Swedish Blue’ potato to the ‘Grape’ apple and the parsnip: discover this diversity and contribute to its preservation!
An obligation for seed savers to officially register? Who would get engaged in conserving diversity if a registration was needed and a long list of administrative tasks were to be worked through? If prices of seed and plantlets would therefore increase considerably?
Technical Consultation on in situ conservation and on-farm management of PGRFA, 29 - 30 March 2021 Recognizing the importance of crop diversity is crucial for achieving food security and improved nutrition. Failure to...
The 21th Peliti Seed Festival will take place in Greece, at the land of Peliti in Mesochori Paranesti, Drama Prefecture Greece, on Saturday, September 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 15:00 p.m. It is with great pleasure that we invite you at the...
The Heritage Seed Library (HSL) aims to conserve vegetable varieties that are not widely available. We are not a gene bank and all of our collection, once we have enough seed, will become available for our members to grow and enjoy. The collection consists of mainly...
Since 2003, the RSP has been bringing together groups of french farmers, gardeners and other seed practitioners around the issues of cultivated biodiversity and autonomy. In this rather special period, deprived of many opportunities to meet, we have chosen to let you...
