Our colleague María Carrascosa from Red de Municipios por la Agroecología has shared with us the updated version of the Granollers Manifesto, now available in 9 languages. Access it through the link in this post.
Our colleague María Carrascosa from Red de Municipios por la Agroecología has shared with us the updated version of the Granollers Manifesto, now available in 9 languages. Access it through the link in this post.
Important news from ARCHE NOAH regarding the Raise Our Forks petition and what to do.
We share with you an study on Open Source Seed models – how they navigate the current policy environment, and how they succeed.
We are launching a survey to map organizations, networks, and communities working on farmers’ managed seed systems and cultivated biodiversity across the world. Complete the survey and share it widely
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...
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 European Citizens’ Initiative on the Right to Food has been officially accepted by the EU Commission. Here we share Good Food For All’s next steps for the campaign and how you can support them.
The EU Commission’s proposed seed law is a threat to farmers’ right to seeds and biodiversity in the EU. European agriculture ministers and the EU parliament must be convinced to protect farmers rights and defend the conservation and sustainable use of local varieties.
A recent article published by SeedWorld reports on organisations and initiatives in Europe, Africa and USA to resist consolidation in the seed sector and preserve seed diversity. LLD’s Riccardo Bocci was interviewed for this article and provided a European perspective.
Réseau Semences Paysannes has written to Members of the European Parliament to denounce the EU Council’s proposal to distinguish and deregulate certain plants derived from new genomic techniques (NGT). This proposal is a threat to environmental health and safety, as well as to farmers’ activities, and is in opposition to an agro-ecological transition to more sustainable food systems.