Important news from ARCHE NOAH regarding the Raise Our Forks petition and what to do.
Communication
Réseau Semence Paysannes press release: Seeds targeted by war
Our colleagues at Réseau Semence Paysannes recently published a press communication in response to the Israeli government’s destruction of the seeds bank in Hébron, Palestine. We share the press release here.
One Planet Network’s 5th Conference document
In this post we share the report on the 5th Global Conference of the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme, which took place in May 2025 in Brazil.
Bring your seeds to the LLD Forum!
CALL FOR SEEDS! If you are joining us at the 14th European Forum ‘Let's Liberate Diversity’ this coming September, please bring your seeds from bean, pumpkin, and corn varieties. We will use them to illustrate our political message for the liberation of cultivated...
New Agroecology Digest, June 2025
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.
Support the European Citizens’ Initiative on the Right to Food!
Last month, Good Food for All – EU (GFFA-EU) officially submitted the European Citizens’ Initiative on the Right to Food to the European Commission. Now, the GFFA-EU Coalition is seeking support from organisations and individuals across the EU to build momentum for the campaign. Here, we provide options for supporting the movement.
Community seedbanks in Europe: their role between ex situ and on-farm conservation
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.
Press Release of DiverSeedPaths International Farmers’ Seeds Gathering
A press release issued by DiverSeedPaths after their Internationas Farmers’ Seed Gathering: Sow Your Resistance
Sowing social innovations for transformative change
Research paper Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change is available as Open Access early view online. ABSTRACT To investigate whether and how Social Innovation (SI) can contribute to transformative change, we...
Moving toward 100% organic seed use in German organic agriculture
A new academic paper was published in journal Organic Farming and is available as Open Access online: Trends in use of crop cultivars from organic and conventional seed multiplication: Moving toward 100% organic seed use in German organic agriculture. ABSTRACT In...
