EC-LLD / News! n. 20 of December 2022
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EDITORIAL

Dear Readers,

Here is our Christmas present for you.

We offer you a report written by the presenters and organisers of the 11th Let's Liberate Diversity! Forum to witness the activities and results of all the 3 days. The programme included 12 workshops, from political-legislative to practical and concrete aspects for the use and conservation of agrobiodiversity, 2 international seed exchanges and 2 bread and beer tastings from local varieties. You will also receive some updates from the EC-LLD extraordinary assembly.

To keep you entertained during the Christmas break, you will also find some information from neighbouring communities or the latest FAO publication.

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a biodiverse Year 2023, and keep in mind that the 12th Let's Liberate Diversity! Forum will be in October 2023 :-)

Sincerly,
Let's Liberate Diversity! Secretariat

NEWS from EC-LLD! Members

Testimonials and reports from the 11th LLD Forum

From 27-29 October 2022, the 11th Liberate Diversity Forum took place in Budapest, also to celebrate 10 years of activity of Maghaz, Hungarian members of the European Coordination.

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Testimonials and reports from the 11th LLD Forum

“Good practices guide for learning about farmers’ seeds“

Good Practice Guide from the APRENTISEM project
The Erasmus+ APRENTISEM, a European exchange program between France (Réseau Semences Paysannes), Spain (Red de Semillas) and Italy (Rete Semi Rurali) is coming to an end. As an output, an intersting and useful Practice Guide.

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SEEDING EU

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Arche Noah, Kybele and Let’s Liberate Diversity! invite you to follow the activities of SEEDING EU, to reinforce the capacity of associations and
individuals working to conserve and increase seed diversity to understand and monitor the public policies that impact the conservation and use of seeds.

Don't miss the series of 8 webinars in 4 languages (FR,EN,IT,DE) dedicated to European policies and the legal landscape,concerning

seeds and cultivated biodiversity.

NEWS from the communities

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SAVE foundation
Updates on Plant Variety Protection
Issue #55
FAO latest releases: The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
LAST SAVE
eNews 4/2022

Cycling Seeds: a journey of discovery into traditional seed management from Italy to Iran

Eléonore Mahée, a 28 year-old French agricultural engineer, is cycling from Italy to Iran to explore traditional seed management in a project called Cycling Seeds.
Five months into her journey, having visited Italy, Albania, Greece, Turkey and Georgia, Eléonore takes us through her learnings, sharing some insights about the conservation of traditional seeds and cultivated biodiversity.

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Cycling Seeds: a journey of discovery into traditional seed management from Italy to Iran

A new paper on digital sequence information, cultivated biodiversity and the movement for open source seed systems

A new paper on digital sequence information, cultivated biodiversity and the movement for open source seed systems
A new paper discusses the different sides of the digital sequence information (DSI) debate, by analysing the ongoing legal vacuum for DSI and the potential of open-source seed as a social movement and governance mechanism across physical and digital spheres.

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Seed Gatherings

On 11th and 12th of February 2023, the Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty Programme will hostthe second Seed Gathering – a space for our seed networks to come together to share, learn, and celebrate all the incredible work going on throughout our lands.

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Let's Liberate Diversity! Calendar

2022

January

5th January Oxford Real Farming Conference 2023

11th January LAB 3: COMMUNICATION WITH POLICY-MAKERS: HOW TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS TO THE RIGHT PERSON

13th January LAB 3: COMMUNICATION WITH POLICY-MAKERS: HOW TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS TO THE RIGHT PERSON Q&A

25th January Online Policy Conference – Pathways to create a level playing field in the organic seed sector in the EU.

25th January LAB 4: CAMPAIGNING FOR BIODIVERSITY: HOW TO ENGAGE CITIZENS

27th January LAB 4: CAMPAIGNING FOR BIODIVERSITY: HOW TO ENGAGE CITIZENSQ&A

February

11th February 11th Annual Seed Library Summit

March

23rd March Online Training on the European Router Database for suppliers of organic seed and vegetative planting material