What does the next seed law reform foresee? Which is the vision of the agroecological movements and actors? SEED POLICY DIALOGUE begins, once a month exchange with lawyer Fulya Batur and EC-LLD Members to analyse the Sprouts From...
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ECLLD-NEWS! February
Europe - It's time to exchange seeds, what initiatives are there in your country? Within what legal framework is it possible to act? How can we have organic varieties and how is the organic plant breeding status? KWANN-Norwegian Seed Savers organized a...
The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
From 1992 to 2014, economic capital per capita (wealth) doubled and human capital per capita (the set of skills acquired) increased by 13 per cent, while natural capital per capita (comprising soil, geology, air, water and all living organisms) declined by almost 40...
Seed Saving for Local Adaptation
The Norwegian Seed Savers will soon be hosting a webinar on Seed Saving for Local Adaptation with Dr. Bradley Tonnesen, who comes recommended courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. Dr. Bradley Tonnesen holds a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Colorado State...
Peliti & Olympic Seed Festival 2021
The 21th Peliti Seed Festival will take place in Greece, at the land of Peliti in Mesochori Paranesti, Drama Prefecture Greece, on Saturday, September 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 15:00 p.m. It is with great pleasure that we invite you at the...
BIOFACH – World´s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food
The trade fair duo BIOFACH and VIVANESS will take place in 2021 from 17 - 19 February 2021 completely digital. Organic is more than a label or certification: organic stands for quality and conviction – for the responsible use of nature’s resources. BIOFACH in the...
2021 SEED LIST – Heritage Seed Library
The Heritage Seed Library (HSL) aims to conserve vegetable varieties that are not widely available. We are not a gene bank and all of our collection, once we have enough seed, will become available for our members to grow and enjoy. The collection consists of mainly...
(B)rèves de semences, le podcast ! Episode 2
Since 2003, the RSP has been bringing together groups of french farmers, gardeners and other seed practitioners around the issues of cultivated biodiversity and autonomy. In this rather special period, deprived of many opportunities to meet, we have chosen to let you...
ECO-PB Newsletter January 2021
WEBSITE UPDATES Training & teaching materialThe COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents (United Nations, 2020). To counteract...
Day One at ORFC Global 2021!
The ORFC - Oxford Real Farming Conference is at day one and are planned many interesting seminars. EC-LLD will partecipate on Monday 11th at "Bringing Communities Together Through Seed: A Discussion and Planning Session for Community Seed Banks, Seed Libraries and...
