The Seed Knowledge Hub was built to keep the answers in one place. It is an open online repository hosted on the EC-LLD website, developed within Seeds ofGrowth, an Erasmus+ small-scale partnership in adult education (KA210), coordinated bySemínkovna (Czech Republic) with EC-LLD and SEED Luxembourg as partners.
The Hub brings together guides, technical manuals, case studies and policy materials on seed saving and cultivated diversity. What was included into it was decided on the basis of a capacity gap analysis that reached 868 people across Europe and collected 140 responses from seed savers, community seed bank managers and seed librarians.
The collection now holds over 80 resources and its growing thanks to the contributions of EC-LLD Members and the broader community. In the Seed Knowledge Hub you can also find the material from the LLD forums. The Hub grows with what the community puts into it. If your organisation has produced a guide, a manual, a template, a study or a policy briefing that others could use, write to info@liberatediversity.org and we will add it. Material in any European language is welcome.
Analysis and demonstration of landscape-based hotspots of plant, animal and forest genetic resources, proposing integrated conservation, indicator development, stakeholder-led management and local value chains.
A 2025 manifesto urging European municipalities and governments to prioritise cultivated biodiversity in local food policies, with policy recommendations, a 2050 vision, and 32 practical actions across governance, production, procurement and waste.
Brochure (June 2025) by Brot für die Welt and HEKS/EPER linking the EU seed marketing reform to the right to food; analyses Commission proposal and Parliament position, and recommends measures to protect farmers’ rights and agrobiodiversity.
Full text of the FAO International Treaty establishing a Multilateral System for access and benefit-sharing of plant genetic resources, Farmers’ Rights, governance and implementation measures.
Practical, step-by-step guidance on drying, measuring humidity (eRH), packaging and storing vegetable seeds for organic small-scale and on-farm production to maximise vigour and shelf life.
Policy brief proposing a legal definition of organic plant breeding and urging EU-level extension of adapted DUS/VCU rules to register Organic Varieties and ensure OHM notification across species.
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
117-minute Seeds of Growth workshop showing practical operations of seed libraries, community seed banks and distributed seed networks in Czechia, Georgia and Hungary; includes seed quality, swaps, community engagement and policy links.
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Workshop recording with practical guidance on harvesting, drying, cleaning, storing and testing seeds for community seed banks and seed savers.
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Video of a workshop (25 Mar 2026) on international and EU seed laws and what they mean for Community Seed Banks, covering the Treaty/SMTA, Nagoya, UPOV, EU seed marketing reform, conservation varieties and practical implications.
DIVERSIFOOD (Horizon2020) presents nine key concepts to embed crop diversity into regional food systems, covering agrobiodiversity, quality, sustainability, food democracy, participatory research and resilience.
Collective DIVERSIFOOD publication defining nine concepts to guide research and action for diverse, resilient, locally adapted high-quality food systems.
DIVERSIFOOD’s nine key concepts define a transdisciplinary, multi-actor approach to cultivated biodiversity, food quality, collective seed management and resilient local food systems.
DIVERSIFOOD (2017) outlines nine key concepts to integrate crop diversity into agriculture and local food systems, covering agrobiodiversity, food quality, sustainability, food democracy, participatory research and resilience.
DIVERSIFOOD (Feb 2017) defines nine core concepts to promote crop and food diversity in local, sustainable food systems, covering quality, sustainability, democracy, collective seed management, participatory research and resilience.
DIVERSIFOOD (Feb 2017) defines nine key concepts to guide multi-actor, transdisciplinary efforts to promote crop diversity, food quality, sustainable food systems and community-based seed and biodiversity management.
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The Seed Knowledge Hub has been developed within the context of the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth: Strengthening Community Seed Banks and Sustainable Seed-Saving Practices in Europe (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
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