Let’s Liberate Diversity! News
Radicchio: a success story of culinary breeding
The Culinary Breeding Network, founded by professor Lane Selman, aims to build communities of plant breeders, seed growers and other stakeholders to improve quality in vegetables, fruits and grains that are relevant and desirable for organic farmers and their...
IPES-Food briefing on increasing concentration of corporate power in the food system
IPES Food latest work presents an clear picture of the concentration of power in most segments of the agri-food system, where just a few corporate players dominate markets. According to the report, there are several mechanisms that keep this trend in place in the food...
M.Pimbert – Transforming food and agriculture
The paper: "Transforming food and agriculture: competing visions and major controversies" is available to download for free. It compares and contrasts the mainstream and agroecological approaches to the transformation of food systems, analysing some of the principles...
CALL for applications: SAVE OUR SEEDS programme
Save our seeds has set up a programme for young activists, educators, seed savers and various organisations on different seed issues. There will be one part more open to a general audience and a second part more detailed and with many lecturers from different realities.
Catalogue of varieties: the sowing season is open!
Find diversity here! Browse through the varieties and get inspired for your garden and your kitchen. You will find access to seeds and plant material for more than 4700 varieties that are in ProSpecieRara hands. From the ‘Swedish Blue’ potato to the ‘Grape’ apple and the parsnip: discover this diversity and contribute to its preservation!
Understanding the existing framework: what openings to cultivate biodiversity?
With this regulatory kit written in French, RSP provides all the information you need to understand the legal aspects of marketing seeds and their general legal framework.
Agroecology training manual
Six peasant agroecology organisations share lessons learned on their outreach activities
Joint Letter to the European Commission on the EU Seed Marketing Legislation
Cultivated diversity advocates write joint letter to the European Commission ahead of the EU Seed Marketing Legislation reform proposal
Genetic engeneering endangers the protection of species
In view of the upcoming EU proposal of updated rules on plants produced with New Genomic Techniques (NGTs, NBTs), Test Biotech released in 2020 report: “Genetic engeneering endangers the protection of species”.
