Let’s Liberate Diversity! News
Online Seed Policy Workshop – January 2026
ARCHE NOAH is organising an online seed policy workshop this coming January If you have previously indicated your interest in ARCHE NOAH's Online Seed Policy Workshop, the date has now been set to 27-28 January. Please block the following times (CET): 27.1.2026:...
“Raise our Forks” Update
"Raise our Forks!" Petition The proposed new EU regulation on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material, presented by the European Commission in July 2023, and the current state of negotiations in the Council, threaten the conservation and...
Patent-free zone for classical plant breeding in Europe!
New report by No Patents on Seeds! No Patents on Seeds! published a report on recently filed or granted European patents on classical plant breeding. One example is a patent on breeding of a native trait in tomatoes, just based on crossing and selection (EP3911147),...
Call for urgent and important changes to the EU seed regulation proposal
Call for urgent and important changes to the EU seed regulation proposal, by 139 organisation and 170,000 citiziens. The proposal favours the interests of industrial agriculture over both the rights of farmers and the conservation of agrobiodiversity in the EU.
Cultivated Diversity – Organic seeds for tasty food
EU project LiveSeeding leaflets on cultivated diversity and organic breeding in several languages, and a bonus video of a baker that has adopted the biodiverse flour from populations in his work.
Agroecology Partnership: Opportunities for Seed Networks in Europe
The Agroecology Partnership, funded by Horizon Europe, is a transformative initiative uniting the European Commission and 72 partners across 26 countries. With a budget of €300 million, this ambitious project began on January 1, 2024, and will run until December 31,...
Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum 2025 – Registration Now Open
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum 2025, co-organised by Let’s Liberate Diversity!, Lycée Technicque Agricole (LTA), SEED Luxembourg, and LUGA Join us in Luxembourg from 4 to 6 September 2025 for a...
Cultivated Diversity – Organic seeds for tasty food
EU project LiveSeeding leaflets on cultivated diversity and organic breeding in several languages, and a bonus video of a baker that has adopted the biodiverse flour from populations in his work.
EU plant breeders up against patents by the multinationals
More and more plant breeding material in the EU is getting patented by multinationals giants, a development that poses costs and hurdles for those small breeders that are working to maintain agrobiodiversity, a means of resilience in the face of climate change.
