It’s cold, wet and muddy and the plants in the garden look as though they’ve all but gone to sleep. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this is a time of rest for growers in the UK. But while the garden lays dormant over winter, growers begin a different phase of their annual cycle – […]
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In September’s penultimate installment Jason is threshing, drying, picking and processing a plentiful supply of seeds in a seasonal sprint to outwit the changing weather… Its all starting to come together now, literally and metaphorically. Apart from the Cucurbits most of the seed crops are either harvested or at least starting to be harvested. All […]
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The Seed Sovereignty Programme is exploring advanced learning opportunities for 2027 and would love to hear from you if you would be interested in taking part in an online Plant Breeding Course focusing on dynamic farmer led stewardship. This would be an offering to those who have completed our yearlong commercial seed production training or […]
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After the well-attended and well-received Basic Seed Production Training Day in Newton Dee this summer (see report on this website) and a seed saving workshop on the Black Isle in September, a third training was given, aiming at comercial growers and seed savers in the Central Belt last Saturday, the 3rd of November at the […]
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A collaboration with artist Isla Middleton for the Seed Gathering 2021 Introducing our Seed Revolution t-shirt range! A stunning set of eco t-shirts born out of the Seed Sovereignty UK and Ireland Programme, which is bringing diversity and resilience back to our seed system. We believe that a food revolution starts with seed. TAKE ME TO THE […]
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This July we held an incredible seed trainee field trip to the heritage seed library, at Ryton , Coventry. A joint visit by trainees from the Northern and South Western groups on the year long seed sovereignty training. Our hosts Catrina Fenton , Marcin Salnikow and Rachel Crow demonstrated various techniques explaining the workflow of their systems of seed saving, sorting, storage and distribution. A thoroughly engaging day that dived into […]
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