On Friday 31st January Stroud Potato and Seed Swap celebrated their 10th anniversary! Located in the town church hall and at Stroud Farmer’s Market, the event raised funds and awareness for Transition Town Stroud and Down to Earth, an organisation which supports the Stroud Community Seed Bank amongst other projects. 26 varieties of potato and […]
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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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The 2025 Seed Gathering is taking place on 17 – 19 October at the Centre for Alternative Technology. Full festival conference details. Buy tickets here.
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If this year has taught us anything, it’s the importance of our local communities. The UK & Ireland Seed Sovereignty Programme works with a number of inspiring community seed projects across the country. In the South West, Stroud Community Seed Bank has begun a new project to adapt ‘Cherokee Trail of Tears’, a climbing French bean, grown principally for drying, to […]
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Scotland’s beautiful landscape is in part thanks to the huge amount of wind and rainfall we receive compared to the rest of the UK. At the time of writing there are no Scottish vegetable seed producers. This has the knock-on effect seeds that Scottish growers are forced to buy from elsewhere are unlikely to do […]
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We’re back from Groundswell, having shared seeds, poetry, and freshly baked stories from the land among friends old and new. Over ten thousand people assembled to chew over the future of regenerative farming in the sun-scorched fields of Lannock Farm, Hertfordshire. Groundswell Festival has been at the forefront of introducing regenerative agriculture to the mainstream […]
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