Commercial Growers 04 November 2021

A seed saving year @ Leen Organics, October

As the October sun sets on his final installment Jason reflects on the lessons and learning of the last year, his resolutions for the next and the seed savers gift of second chances.. The first week in October started dank and humid (very humid) and it rained a lot. There was an expectation that this […]

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Commercial Growers 08 February 2023

Chicory Mania Grips the Nation

A Special Podcast for #SeedWeek Chicory is an unsung crop in the UK and Ireland. It comes in many forms and flavours, from striking red and white bitter radicchios to delicately sweet and tender witloofs with much more in between. Grab yourself a cuppa and join our Scotland Seed Sovereignty coordinator, Richie Walsh, in conversation […]

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Commercial Growers 06 November 2018

Strategic Convening on Resilient Seed Systems

https://www.gaiafoundation.org/strategic-convening-on-resilient-seed-systems/ In 2016 a report was released entitled ‘The Future of Food: Seeds of Resilience. A Compendium of Perspectives on Agricultural biodiversity from around the world’. This report was commissioned by The Global Alliance for the Future of Food, and their partners, to ‘stimulate information-sharing, learning and collective action’ concerning the ‘preservation, maintenance and enhancement […]

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Commercial Growers 19 January 2021

Oat Quest: Inching Towards Tasting our Oats

Dylai bwyta’r ceirch yr ydych wedi tyfu bod yn beth hawdd I’w wneud / Eating the oats you have grown should be a simple thing to do. Katie Hastings, Gaia Seed Sovereignty Programme Coordinator for Wales, shares the story – and mystery – of the great Oats of Wales. When our Llafur Ni (Our Grains) […]

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Commercial Growers 22 November 2021

Seed Gathering Vids Now Available!

All the sessions from our recent Seed Gathering on the 23rd and 24th of October are now available! Whether you want to re-watch sessions you missed on the weekend, or you were unable to join us for the event, all the recordings are available to watch now – access them here: Seed Gathering 2021  

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Commercial Growers 12 July 2023

Learn By Doing

Learning by doing and tuning in your intuition.  Jason Horner, Seed Sovereignty Coordinator for Ireland, reflects on the importance of hands-on experiential learning… The idea for this piece came about by way of a short conversation between some of the Seed Sovereignty team coordinators recently. We were talking about how we learn as growers, usually […]

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