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Join the revolution: a Seed Week roundup
Dear Friends, Last week, despite all the obstacles created by COVID, we held our biggest Seed Week yet! Our stories, films and photos celebrating seeds and their keepers reached over 400,000 people and… Read More

OUT NOW: Llafur Ni – Our Grains
Watch Gaia’s latest film – Llafur Ni (Our Grains)– about a farmer’s 20-year quest to find and revive the Welsh black oats his grandfather once grew. Welsh organic farmer Gerald… Read More

Seed Sovereignty – Much to Celebrate this Seed Week
Shoots of Hope 2020, the Year of the Seed. Okay, of course 2020 will forever be synonymous with the Coronavirus pandemic, but if we could re-brand it, the Year of… Read More

Seed Week: How to get involved!
In this Seed Week preview newsletter, Gaia’s Seed Sovereignty UK & Ireland Coordinator, Sinéad Fortune, shares the ways you can get involved with our fourth annual Seed Week from 18-22nd… Read More

The Ecologist: A forgotten classic of agroecological science
What can a forgotten classic of organic science from 1985 tell us about the solutions offered by organic and agroecological farming in 2021? In a new article for The Ecologist,… Read More

Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution
First published in 1985 by agronomist Francis Chaboussou, Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution is republished online in full here for the first time! A forgotten classic, Healthy Crops offers… Read More

Videos: Gaia at the Global Oxford Real Farming Conference
Catch up with videos from Gaia and partners’ contributions to the global Oxford Real Farming Conference this January! From the fisherpeople conserving Taiwan’s flying fish to the growers sowing seed… Read More

January newsletter: Seed, Food, Flying Fish…
Seed sovereignty in the UK; how to catch a flying fish; seed week approaches. In our January newsletter, we share what is coming up from Gaia at the start of… Read More

Guardian: Seed saving movement calls for seeds to be publicly owned
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the precarity of a genetically narrow seed system owned and controlled by a few corporations. It has also massively boosted the global movement for seed… Read More

Our seeds are our stories: Seed Week event
Join the Seed Sovereignty Programme for an evening of exploring the connections between seeds, stories, culture and hope for the future. Buy/book your tickets here. For many of us, our… Read More
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