Join us in raising £20,000 to place seed back in the hands of growers this #SeedWeek2026, with every donation doubled between 22 – 29 April ➡️ Click to donate or share with your network.
Seeds are the heart of our food system. Corporate food production has decimated the number of cultivated plant varieties from 30,000 to just 170, with 75% of our food now coming from only 12 crops. Farmers no longer have control over the seeds they grow. And, bought new each year, seeds no longer pass on genes adapted to diverse local conditions. While agro-industrial corporations thrive in this monocultural world, our fields are increasingly susceptible to failure.
By placing seeds back in the hands of growers, rather than the four companies controlling 60% of global seed, we can revive the climate and community resilience of farmer-led food systems.
Each with their hands in UK soils, our Seed Sovereignty Programme coordinators are reskilling food producers in seed production, strengthening regional and national seed networks, reviving endangered crop varieties, and retraining growers to save seed adapted to their bioregions.
Today marks the start of Seed Week: our annual invitation to growers, land workers, farmers, bakers, soil regenerators, millers, brewers, and everyday eaters to celebrate the heart of our food system: the seed. We’ll be sharing posts each day on Gaia’s Instagram, with the support of friends and allies within and beyond the movement, to help seed sovereignty bloom beyond its usual, often overlooked, corner of the online world.
This year the focus is on our shared potential to transform the future of food by placing seed back in the hands of growers, where it rested safely for millennia. Seeds of Resilience: The Future is in Our Hands runs from 22 – 29 April and covers topics from climate resilience to biodiversity and community connection.
Seed Week is an opportunity to strengthen our collective stance against the prevailing seed monopoly. We’re raising £20,000 to do just that, with every donation doubled by The Big Give’s Earth Raise campaign. Every £5 becomes £10, every £50 becomes £100, and every £250 becomes £500 towards nourishing our animated grassroots movement to reclaim the resilience we desperately need.
Thank you for considering a donation this Seed Week.
