Together with the Land Workers’ Alliance East Anglia and kindly hosted by the Greengrow Co-op, Gaia will be holding a Seed Production workshop on Saturday 22 July. The training will be focused on more advanced seed production skills so some seed saving experience will be useful although those with growing experience who are new to […]
Read ArticleTo celebrate Seed Week 2021, on Wednesday 20th January Gaia’s Seed Sovereignty Programme and partners hosted Our Seeds are Our Stories, an online storytelling event featuring Vivienne Sansour of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library and Kimberley Bell, founder of the UK Grain Lab. Learn more about the power and importance of seed in the UK and […]
Read ArticleOn Saturday, 28 July we’ll be hosting an Introduction to Seed Production Workshop from 10:00–16:00 at the All Saints Centre in Lewes. The training will be an opportunity for experienced or commercial growers to gain an overview of the basic principles of growing for seed production from planning and planting through to harvesting and storage. […]
Read ArticleReviving Rare Oats, Spreading Bere Barley and (Re)Developing the Machinery to Process Them At the start of February, as the snow fell and the sky brooded, the grain growers of our Welsh and Scottish networks grabbed a coffee, signed on to Zoom, and settled in for a long day of talking oats, bere barley […]
Read ArticleSeed Production Workshop: Selection Tutor: Ben Gabel (The Real Seed Catalogue) Host: Trill Farm Garden, East Devon Date: Saturday 16th June 2018 This is the second workshop we are running with the South West Seed Savers Co-operative and The Real Seed Catalogue and will be a chance for growers to get more in depth training […]
Read ArticleJoin us online on the 23rd and 24th of October, 2021 for discussions, workshops and talks celebrating the diversity, opportunities and deep cultural connections of our seeds. The Gathering will be held virtually this year to keep all participants safe and minimise any disruption to programming due to changing pandemic restrictions. However, we […]
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