Presenting the SeedChange annual impact report for 2020
March 16, 2021 2:45 pm Leave your thoughtsIn a year of upheaval, SeedChange donors made it possible to keep our work going.
Tag Archive: our people
Wayne Roberts, a hero for food systems change
February 18, 2021 3:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWayne Roberts was a long-time food activist, policy analyst and author who inspired many in their food sovereignty work.
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.
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.”
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.
Call for nominations for SeedChange Board of Directors
July 7, 2020 4:27 pm Leave your thoughtsSeedChange is recruiting for our amazing Board of Directors!
We’ve lost a legend
April 19, 2020 1:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThe SeedChange community mourns a huge loss, with the sudden passing of our colleague and friend Ibrahim Ouedraogo.
SeedChange staff picks: What to read, watch and listen to
March 28, 2020 12:08 pm Leave your thoughtsWe’re all doing what we can to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here's what SeedChange staff are reading, watching and listening to right now.
SeedChange volunteer and advocate Karen Farmer receives Global Citizen Award
February 20, 2020 5:07 pm“Being a global citizen requires continual consideration of the impact one’s life has on others beyond one’s immediate community and country.”
The CBC | The fight against climate change down home on the Alberta farm
December 30, 2019 12:10 pm Leave your thoughtsFarmers are impacted by the climate crisis, but the way they tend the land can help mitigate climate change.
Filmmaker Robert Lang remembers Lotta Hitschmanova
November 26, 2019 10:23 am Leave your thoughtsWhat's it like to have Lotta Hitschmanova over for dinner?
Putting your values into action: Dr. Ann Denis
October 1, 2018 3:37 pm Leave your thoughts"In my experience, women usually have a very acute analysis of what is going on in their own society. That's something we should support."
The Hill Times | SeedChange Executive Director, Martin Settle, speaks up for seeds
May 14, 2018 4:28 pm Leave your thoughtsCanada won’t meet its UN Sustainable Development Goals biodiversity targets unless it takes urgent action.