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Arche Noah: seed law reform and new genetic engineering a double attack on our seeds!
Brussels, Vienna, Schiltern – Today the European Commission presented the a package of legislation in relation to "sustainable use of natural resources", which includes the new "EU Seed Regulation" and a legislative proposal to deregulate the "New Genetic...
FAQ on Organic Rules
The European Commission has published a booklet to address the Frequently Asked Questions on Regulation (EU) No 2018/848 and its secondary legislation. Information about seed and other plant propagation material can be found on pp. 42-46. DG AGRI FAQ Regulation (EU)...
Agroecology training manual
European Erasmus + Project P2P Agroecology (2018-21) published a reference toolkit on agroecology. In this short booklet, the six participating European organisations shared lessons learned on how to take agroecology beyond the farm: exchanging practices, sharing...
Bringing diversity to Fields with Heritage Grains
Today’s food production is dependent on a small number of crops. By bringing old varieties back to the fields, the diversity of crops can be increased on farms. A Finnish projects shows that the special raw materials that are old seed varieties can bring economic value as food and associated services.
Cycling Seeds: a journey of discovery into traditional seed management from Italy to Iran
Eléonore Mahée, a 28 year-old French agricultural engineer, is cycling from Italy to Iran to explore traditional seed management in a project called Cycling Seeds.
Five months into her journey, having visited Italy, Albania, Greece, Turkey and Georgia, Eléonore takes us through her learnings, sharing some insights about the conservation of traditional seeds and cultivated biodiversity.
Together with the community for free seed, we made the first open source rye a reality
Recently, OpenSourceSeeds has tried out whether the development of a new variety can be financed with a crowdfunding campaign. With success: the first harvest is expected in 2023.
Farmers’ Seeds awarded to the Stars of Europe “Étoiles de l’Europe”
The European project DIVERSIFOOD on participatory breeding and farmer seeds, coordinated by Véronique Chable of INRA and in partnership (among others) with KAOL KOZH (on cabbage) has just been awarded by the Minister of Research and the CEO of INRA last Tuesday at the...
International appeal to the President of the European Patent Office, António Campinos
Call for an immediate moratorium of patents on plants and animal 24 January 2019 / No Patents on Seeds! together with more than 40 other organisations today published an international appeal to the president of the European Patent Office...
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