A survey of 140 seed savers, seed librarians and Community Seed Bank managers across Europe finds strong practical seed-saving skills alongside low confidence in governance, funding and seed-sharing law. The Seeds of Growth Capacity Gap Analysis is now on the Seed Knowledge Hub.
ECO-PB members, breeders, organic farmers and anyone with an interest in organic plant breeding is encouraged to subscribe to the ECO-PB newsletter.
LiveSeeding Summer School 2026 will take place over 5 days in July in València. It’s a great opportunity for people studying or working in seed diversity. Pre-registration is open until the 8th of May – sign up now!
The 2025-2026 newsletter of the Buzuruna Juzuruna network is out! A short excerpt of the content: news from the region Ancient Cereals Festival farm work and experiments seed and seedling distribution campaigns news on training and education news from the HoBob...
New rule was intended to prevent patents on traditional plant breeding 19 February 2026 / The European Patent Office has granted patent EP3720272 claiming traditionally-bred tomatoes with resistance to a plant virus (TBRFV) to the Dutch company Rijk Zwaan. The gene...
LiveSeeding recently published their second policy brief, this time focusing on the different definitions of plant breeding in the organic sector.
The LLD Forum 2025 will witness a global convergence of farmers’ seed initiatives and networks working to build shared infrastructure, strengthen coordination, and support farmers’ seed systems and cultivated diversity worldwide.
The June 2025 issue of the Agrecology FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub’s journal has been published. This month’s issue explores, among other topics, the urgent need to transition food systems away from fossil fuels.
The Peliti Community Seed Bank in Greece needs our support. Contribute however you can and help spread the message!
This article explores the role of European community seedbanks (CSBs) in conserving agrobiodiversity alongside formal ex situ systems. While much research focuses on the Global South, this study examines three European CSBs and their collaboration with genebanks and formal seed systems.
