Londoners are rising to the challenges of climate change, food poverty, entrenched inequality and our nation’s mental and physical health crises by reviving one of the oldest human activities of all- sowing, saving and sharing seeds. The Gaia Foundation’s latest short film, A Quiet Revolution, profiles London’s urban seed and food growers who are members […]
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Across the UK and Ireland, a quiet revolution is underway. It’s sprouting where you might least expect it. In old baths and window boxes. In reclaimed parking lots and allotment plots… Launched during Seed Week 5, our new film, A Quiet Revolution (8-mins) celebrates the work of London’s little-known urban seed savers and the London […]
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With all the tremendous hard work put in throughout our network in growing, milling, baking grains, cultivating and processing veg seed, overcoming barriers and paving routes to market, it’s vitally important that we take time for the most important thing – celebrating all this hard work! Our Southwest England networking took time out this autumn […]
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The results of our Growing to Seed project are in! As a programme, our aim is to build a robust seed system in the UK and Ireland, built around principles of agro-ecology, open pollination and resilience to changing conditions. However, as practitioners ‘in the field’ we also bear witness to the more intangible benefits of […]
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One of the main (and most fun!) objectives of the Seed Sovereignty Programme is to support the development of localised seed hubs – connecting clusters of enthusiasts to make seed magic happen! Off the back of 2024’s ‘Growing to Seed’ practical seed training and mental wellbeing project, the progression of previous year-long trainees, and the […]
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News flash! ***Carlin Sunday 6th April, #carlinsunday2025*** How many parts of the UK and Ireland have a whole day dedicated to peas? Carlin Sunday is one such celebration, at risk of extinction unless we save it soon! Carlin Sunday falls on the fifth Sunday of Christian Lent, a period normally associated with fasting and abstinence. […]
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