Author Archives for Elodie
Reversing extinction rates, one seed at a time
Caroline Chartrand saves the seeds Métis people in southern Manitoba saved for generations.
Self-sufficiency means not having to rely on large seed companies every year
Loïc Dewavrin is a grain, soy and oil seed farmer – and a seed saver on a massive scale.
Disappearing corn: Making tortillas without the main ingredient
Climate change makes growing corn in parts of Central America near impossible. So these farmers are turning to something else.
The secret life of seeds: Saving sorghum from the brink in Mali
Fanta is a mother of eight, grandmother to 13 and guardian to one very useful grain that everyone had thought lost for good.
Protect farmers’ rights to save seed in Canada!
At SeedChange, we believe that farmers have the right to save seed.
How onions seeds grew into self-sufficiency
Sitan used to walk hours every day to the market in Bamako, Mali to sell agricultural goods.
Women seed change – it’s time we recognize it
When women farmers are treated like the experts they are, it's not just women who benefit, but entire communities.
Women coffee growers beating the odds in Honduras
"Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that farming was my thing to do. What I liked most was being in the field."
Open sesame: Women are seeding change in Honduras with this tiny seed
Women farmers in Honduras just launched a new microenterprise specializing in all things sesame!
Agroecology on the front lines of shifting agriculture
Here's how agroecology has been part of the shift to diversified food systems in countries where SeedChange works.
Science applied to organic agriculture helps all farmers
Research in organic systems is supporting a long neglected agricultural sector that is responding remarkably.
#WeNeedAShift | You can call for a change in the way we grow food
We need a shift to diversified, eco-friendly food systems. That means agriculture needs to change.
Breeding seeds for the climate crisis
Did you know Canada does not produce enough vegetable seed to meet farmers' needs?
Farming toward equity: Transforming gender roles in Guatemala
Herlinda is transforming her community's understanding of gender roles.
Future food: Conserving diversity for climate resilience
The future of food will be dictated by climate and weather patterns that will be... View Article