Equity Project of Farmers for Climate Solutions: Call for focus group participants
March 18, 2021 4:43 pm Leave your thoughtsCall to farmers: You are invited to participate in a focus group for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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The agriculture sector in Canada is being left behind, says Farmers for Climate Solutions
March 3, 2021 5:17 pm Leave your thoughtsFarmers want to lead in the shift to a climate-friendly sector, but they can’t do so without meaningful support.
How to choose seeds for your garden: Open-pollinated, heirloom, hybrid and more
February 7, 2021 10:10 pm Leave your thoughtsGetting on the gardening wagon and wondering how to choose seeds for your garden? We can help!
A tribute to a friend: “Wayne was a party and I arrived late.”
February 4, 2021 3:02 pm Leave your thoughtsMark Austin, former chair of the SeedChange board of directors, writes a touching tribute to his friend, Wayne Roberts.
Who is Lotta Hitschmanova?
November 11, 2020 3:23 pm Leave your thoughtsThis woman shortlisted for Canada's next five dollar bank note is the founder of one of the country's first humanitarian aid organizations.
The Government of Canada supports SeedChange with $2.6 million to prevent a food crisis in Latin America
November 9, 2020 4:16 pm Leave your thoughtsSince August, SeedChange has been delivering a $2.6 million emergency food security response program in the Dry Corridor of Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, funded by the Government of Canada.
A unique and enduring relationship: Three decades of seed work with Honduran farmers
October 20, 2020 3:38 pm Leave your thoughts“This unique partnership has endured for more than two decades. I can’t overstate how powerful and rare this is.”
Seed savers keeping biodiversity alive are connected by their shared mission
October 6, 2020 1:39 pm Leave your thoughts“You almost cannot help but feel connected when you work with seed.”
Restoring Canadian seed diversity, one farm at a time
September 17, 2020 4:27 pm Leave your thoughtsAll across the country, farmers are restoring Canadian seed diversity. Even here, on this rooftop farm.
A Canadian seed farmer reflects on the pandemic: A Q&A with Kim Delaney
September 14, 2020 2:09 pm Leave your thoughts“There have been a lot of challenges. But a lot of learning too—that’s how I'm going to look at it.”
A seed farmer’s reflections on COVID-19: “Until this year I’d never been called a hero”
July 16, 2020 7:48 am Leave your thoughtsAs a farmer I’ve always felt my job was important, but up until this year I’d never been called a hero.
Five articles you should read about Indigenous food sovereignty
June 21, 2020 6:56 pm Leave your thoughtsThis National Indigenous History Month, here are five articles you should read about Indigenous food... View Article
Indigenous food sovereignty in action: A Q&A with Carl McCorrister of Peguis First Nation
June 14, 2020 3:50 pm Leave your thoughts"We have taken much pride in our community garden initiative as a way of restoring our food sovereignty once again."
Beyond solidarity statements: Commitments from SeedChange
June 12, 2020 11:48 am Leave your thoughtsFood sovereignty cannot be realized without dismantling the oppressive structures that marginalize and endanger Black,... View Article
Words from our chair: We cannot talk about food without talking about racism
June 4, 2020 12:19 pm 2 CommentsIn this post, I want to think out loud about the role food justice plays in the larger fight for racial justice.
In the news | Food security starts with seed security, say Canadian seed producers
May 29, 2020 4:11 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen the pandemic hit, many of us had the same reflex: reach for seeds. Luckily,... View Article