
Seven seed savers in Mali (and how you can support them!)
December 22, 2020 4:06 pm Leave your thoughtsSeed savers are key to communities' food security and food sovereignty.
Seed savers are key to communities' food security and food sovereignty.
“I don’t worry that there are no vegetables in the market because I produce what I need.”
In May, we turned to SeedChange supporters to raise emergency funds for Nicaragua.
Tomas Pinto grows an astonishing blend of different foods in a very small area.
Terraces help prevent landslides and ensure hillside farms have moist, happy soil.
The world lost 75 per cent of its crop diversity in the last century. But farmers in Canada are working to reverse the trend.
"Not only have I gained a lot of knowledge, but I’ve also become much more emancipated as a housewife.”
Thirty-three per cent of the Earth's soil is already degraded - and as much as 90 per cent could become degraded by 2050.
“Nothing would be possible on this land without the water.” Support a farmer with the gift of water this Giving Tuesday.
The family’s small plot of land, perched 2,500 metres above sea level, was missing something crucial: water.
With the average farmer being 54 years old, who will grow our food, when today's farmers retire?
When he was 12 years old, Owen Bridge had an encounter that would change his life.
Youth cooperatives give young farmers the support they need to flourish. And seeds give them hope for the future.
Caroline Chartrand saves the seeds Métis people in southern Manitoba saved for generations.
Loïc Dewavrin is a grain, soy and oil seed farmer – and a seed saver on a massive scale.
Climate change makes growing corn in parts of Central America near impossible. So these farmers are turning to something else.