Safeguarding community seed diversity in Central America
November 4, 2019 6:39 pm Leave your thoughtsWith biodiversity declining at a tremendous rate, it will take everyone working together to safeguard what is left.
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Salvaguardando la diversidad de semillas en las comunidades en América Central
November 1, 2019 11:25 am Leave your thoughts“Estamos resguardando y protegiendo nuestra agrobiodiversidad nativa.”
A kale of a tale: That time Canada was running out of kale seeds
October 1, 2019 6:03 pm Leave your thoughtsA decade ago, could you have imagined a rush on kale seeds?
Where do tomatoes come from?
October 1, 2019 5:52 pm Leave your thoughtsToday's tomatoes began as wild plants in the Andes.
Meet a Canadian seed saver: Owen Bridge, Annapolis Seeds
October 1, 2019 2:06 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen he was 12 years old, Owen Bridge had an encounter that would change his life.
Reversing extinction rates, one seed at a time
October 1, 2019 12:09 pm Leave your thoughtsCaroline 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
October 1, 2019 11:42 am Leave your thoughtsLoïc 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
September 30, 2019 5:26 pm Leave your thoughtsClimate 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
September 30, 2019 3:35 pm Leave your thoughtsFanta 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!
September 30, 2019 3:09 pm Leave your thoughtsAt SeedChange, we believe that farmers have the right to save seed.
How onions seeds grew into self-sufficiency
September 30, 2019 12:43 pm Leave your thoughtsSitan used to walk hours every day to the market in Bamako, Mali to sell agricultural goods.
Open sesame: Women are seeding change in Honduras with this tiny seed
September 29, 2019 7:53 pm Leave your thoughtsWomen farmers in Honduras just launched a new microenterprise specializing in all things sesame!
Agroecology on the front lines of shifting agriculture
September 29, 2019 7:19 pm Leave your thoughtsHere's how agroecology has been part of the shift to diversified food systems in countries where SeedChange works.
Breeding seeds for the climate crisis
September 29, 2019 6:19 pm Leave your thoughtsDid you know Canada does not produce enough vegetable seed to meet farmers' needs?
Future food: Conserving diversity for climate resilience
September 29, 2019 5:09 pm Leave your thoughtsThe future of food will be dictated by climate and weather patterns that will be... View Article
Where do your beans come from?
February 2, 2019 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsLearn how to plant, save and eat beans!