The final report of the 15th LLD Forum (Scandicci, 23-25 May 2026) is available: 117 participants from 34 countries, nine workshops, three of them dedicated to the Horizon project LiveSeeding.
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14th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum – Luxembourg 2025 – Final report
Final report of the 14th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (4–6 Sep 2025, Luxembourg): 123 participants discussed EU seed law reform, UNDROP, patents, NGTs, participatory breeding, seed health, community seed networks and next steps for advocacy and practice.
13th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum & Sow Your Resistance – Antibes 2024 – Final report
Final report of the 2024 International Farmers’ Seed Meetings (Antibes) documenting programme, participants, workshops, international exchanges and outcomes to support farmers’ seeds and cultivated biodiversity.
12th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum – Dublin 2023 – Final report
Final report of the 12th LLD Forum (Oct 2023, Dublin) summarising workshops, policy debates (EU seed marketing reform, new GMOs), Farmers’ Rights, community seed initiatives, breeding and seed quality sessions.
11th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum – Budapest 2022 – Final report
Final report of the 11th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (Budapest, 2022) documenting workshops, outcomes and resources on seeds, agrobiodiversity, EU seed policy, patents, participatory breeding and community seed systems.
DIVERSIFOOD Report: Community Seed Banks in Europe
Report of a DIVERSIFOOD survey and Rome workshop (Sept 2017) mapping 84 European community seed banks: their diversity, activities (conservation, seed exchange, training, PPB), challenges (funding, capacity, regulation) and strategies (networking, advocacy).
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European Patent Office circumvents regulations and laws
No Patents on Seeds! recently published a report highlighting the European Patent Office’s granting of patents not allowed under EU law. Link to the report in this post.
MAGHÁZ – A COMMUNITY SEED NETWORK IN HUNGARY
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Overview of Magház, a Hungarian community seed network (est. 2012, NGO 2021) detailing hubs, seed saving (800+ varieties), seed swaps, education and projects (COEVOLVERS, Seeds of Change).
Blacked-Out Ingredients campaign: defend transparency in food labelling
A Europe-wide campaign is calling on citizens and organisations to defend transparency in food labelling. The Blacked-Out Ingredients campaign warns that EU labels may soon no longer indicate whether food contains altered DNA, and invites people across Europe to take action, contact MEPs, and share the campaign materials widely.
