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Below you'll find a selection of articles about the seed programme and our partners, plus regular updates from our dedicated team of Regional Coordinators working across the UK & Ireland.

  • Meet the Growers!
    November 18, 2019

    Meet the Growers!

    Ellen, Regional Coordinator for the West of England introduces you to some of the inspiring seed growers she works with! This year has been a…

  • heritage grains and vegetable seed training in Scotland
    June 4, 2019

    heritage grains and vegetable seed training in Scotland

    HERITAGE GRAINS EVENT Most growers involved with the Seed Programme of heritage grains have seen crop emergence over the last ten days. A couple are…

  • Budding Seed Producers Get Back to Basics
    April 30, 2019

    Budding Seed Producers Get Back to Basics

    With Spring in full swing, we’re welcoming our first cohort of growers from the West of England onto our year long training programme in Seed…

  • We’re recruiting! Could you be the Seed Sovereignty Programme Manager?
    April 11, 2019

    We’re recruiting! Could you be the Seed Sovereignty Programme Manager?

    We’re looking for a strategic thinker and dynamic communicator with a passion for food and seed sovereignty here in the UK and Ireland. This is…

  • Press Release: Small-scale Seed Producers Bring Diversity back to Our Soil
    March 18, 2019

    Press Release: Small-scale Seed Producers Bring Diversity back to Our Soil

    Press Release: From Monday 18th March, small-scale seed producers across the UK and Ireland will be celebrating Seed Week to raise awareness of the benefits of buying…

  • Rare Oats and Seed Trainees: Updates from Wales
    March 14, 2019

    Rare Oats and Seed Trainees: Updates from Wales

    The Welsh landscape is well known for sheep. What is often forgotten is that less than 100 years ago this landscape also supported a patchwork…

  • The Irish Seed Savers Seed Swap is Busiest Yet. Wayne Frankham shares news from Ireland.
    March 14, 2019

    The Irish Seed Savers Seed Swap is Busiest Yet. Wayne Frankham shares news from Ireland.

    On the first Sunday this March, nearly 200 people visited the Irish Seed Savers in rural County Clare, for our most successful Seed Share to…

  • From Seed Circles to Seed Savers, here’s what’s going on across the UK this Spring
    March 14, 2019

    From Seed Circles to Seed Savers, here’s what’s going on across the UK this Spring

    Ellen Rignell and Melanie Fryer tell us about the small-scale seed producers across England, and what’s coming up this spring.   The days are getting…

  • More than just a name! How the culture in agriculture is being lost and why reskilling in seed saving is more critical than ever
    March 14, 2019

    More than just a name! How the culture in agriculture is being lost and why reskilling in seed saving is more critical than ever

    To mark Seed Week here in Scotland, it feels only fitting to begin with a celebration of our national staple: the potato. There are potato…

  • Learn the Fundamentals of Seed Production at Trill Farm Garden
    March 6, 2019

    Learn the Fundamentals of Seed Production at Trill Farm Garden

    Interested in producing your own seed? Learn the fundamentals of seed production from Ashley Wheeler of Trill Farm Garden who produces seed for the Real…

  • Train as a Seed Producer! West of England
    March 6, 2019

    Train as a Seed Producer! West of England

      Do you want to create a biodiverse and ecologically sustainable seed system? Would you like to learn more about producing seed on your farm?…

  • Seeds of Resistance – 27th February, Frome
    February 12, 2019

    Seeds of Resistance – 27th February, Frome

    Join West of England coordinator Ellen Rignell at the Rye Cafe in Frome on Wednesday 27th February for an evening of conversation around seed. Ellen…

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