Members
Maatiainen – Finland
The Finnish Landrace Association for conserving traditional varieties of plants and animals and rural landscapes A landrace or heirloom variety (in Finnish "maatiainen", the association's Finnish name) refers to cultivated plants or domestic animals...
Danish Seed Saver – Denmark
The Danish Seed Savers Association is working to preserve the diversity of cultural plants. Its members volunteer to research, collect, describe, and preserve local plant genetic resources, threatened by extinction. Their preservation is promoted...
Magház Association – Hungary
Magház - Network for Agricultural Diversity was established in 2012 aiming to work for the participatory mamagement and awareness-raising of agrobiodiversity in Hungary. Our mission is to connect organizations and individuals working on the conservation and the...
Föreningen Sesam – Sweden
Föreningen Sesam is a Swedish non-profit association committed to preserving the diversity of kitchen garden and field plants through home-growing seeds. We turn primarily to dedicated gardeners who are interested in unusual or heritage food plants and other...
MAADJAS NGO – Estonia
The main activities of MAADJAS are preservation, promotion, protection and demonstration of indigenous domestic animals and plants in Estonia the organisation of training courses and dissemination of information; the organisation of assistance and charity campaigns....
Biological Farming Association Elkana – Georgia
The Biological Farming Association Elkana, a Georgian non-governmental organization, was founded in 1994. The association membership is open to any citizen of Georgia interested in the development of organic farming in the country, as well as the protection of the...
Association Quinta das Águias – Portugal
Association Quinta das Águias (Eagle Farm) has its basis in Paredes de Coura in Northern Portugal. The association was founded in 2014 with a mission to raise awareness and promote sustainable living, to protect and preserve biodiversity and promote respect for all...
KVANN – Norway
KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) is a national interest organisation for the conservation of plant diversity. We work both to preserve old Norwegian useful plants, but at the same time try new species and varieties in different parts of the country, both from the coast...
Arche Noah – Austria
Association for the conservation and development of crop diversity Since 1990 the Austrian non-profit association ARCHE NOAH has preserved and cared for thousands of endangered vegetable, fruit and grain varieties with the aim of bringing these traditional and rare...
SEED – Belgium
SEED is a platform founded in 2012, and a registered association since 2013, is engaged in practical work, pedagogical and polical for the interantion and evolution of the diversity of ules plants. SEED promotes traditional varieties of fruits, vegetables and...
Heritage Seed Library – UK
Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library (HSL) conserves a living collection of open-pollinated, heritage vegetable varieties that are not commercially or widely available. The collection consists of mainly European varieties, including:...
Irish Seed Savers Association – Ireland
Who We Are Our main objective is to conserve Ireland’s very special and threatened plant genetic resources. Our work focuses on the preservation of heirloom and heritage food crop varieties that are suitable for Ireland’s unique growing conditions. Irish Seed...
RMRM – Benelux
The Meuse-Rhine-Moselle Network (RMRM) is a platform bringing together stakeholders active in the field of peasant and citizen seeds in the region bounded by the Rhine, Meuse and Moselle (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, North East France and West Germany). The...
Aegilops – Greece
The Greek Network for Biodiversity and Ecology in Agriculture named AEGILOPS has evolved from Workshop of Ecological Practice, an NGO for ecological farming, which was based and active in Thessaloniki from 1986 to 2000. AEGILOPS, founded in 2004, is an non-profit...
Scottish Crofting Federation – Scotland
The SCF is the only member-led organisation dedicated to promoting crofting and it is the largest association of small scale food producers in the UK. Our mission is to safeguard and promote the rights, livelihoods and culture of crofters and their communities. We:...
Rete Semi Rurali – Italy
Rete Semi Rurali - the Italian Farmers’ Seeds Network - was established in 2007 and in 2014 consists of 30 associations. The commitment of RSR consists in supporting farmers, politically and scientifically, in the creation and dissemination of self- and truly...
Réseau Semences Paysannes – France
The French Farmers' Seed Network (created in 2003 brings together a great diversity of collectives and people who preserve framers' seeds in fields, orchards, vineyards and gardens. In 2015, they are 80 organisations that have come together to promote and defend...
Red de Semillas – Spain
The loss of genetic resources in farming and cattle-breeding and the recovery of local varieties were the reasons for creating the “Red de Semillas” network. An organisation of a technical, social and political nature, “Red de Semillas – Re-Sowing and Sharing” aims to...
ProSpecieRara – Switzerland
PSR is a foundation with seat in Switzerland and a branch office in Germany. Since its creation in 1982 it is committed to the preservation and promotion of cultural, historical and genetic diversity of cultivated plants and livestock breeds. The preservation is...
Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e. V. – Germany
It is an umbrella organisation for crop and livestock diversity. The diversity of crops and livestock represents our live cultural heritage. It does not only assure the fundament of humanity’s food supply, but also the ecological equilibrium of our cultural...
