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 […]
Read ArticleAcross 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 […]
Read ArticleIn September the Seed Sovereignty Programme’s northern network held a Beanfeast. Communities would, traditionally, band together during harvest season for intense work as well as celebration: bringing in crops, saving seed and feasting on bounty. It is a time to, literally, enjoy the fruits of our labour. “Our recent Beanfeast event in the north of […]
Read ArticleA new film from The Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty series celebrates The Leakey Bean Collection. It’s a story of seed as a source of connection to plants and people who have come before, as well as those yet to follow; deep rooted but always evolving. Watch the film: Read the interactive story: Since the […]
Read ArticleWhat is SeedLinked? SeedLinked is an online platform and app for connecting growers, seed sourcing, rating and comparing varieties and running trials. It was first launched in the USA in 2018 and is now available to download as an app, or to use on desktop in the UK and Ireland. The Seed Sovereignty Programme has […]
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