Seed saving and sharing key to a grassroots food revolution
By Mirella Ferraz, Shareable
Seed sharing has become a global phenomenon that can secure diverse and nutritious food for generations to come. We can all learn how to do it, too.
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Beating the Bounds: Inside the Struggle to Make Open Source Seed
By Maywa Montenegro de Wit, David Bollier blog
Commoners in medieval Europe variously employed boundary beating as physical mapping of space, territorial defense, and performative acts of community, collective memory, and shared responsibility.
California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
Seed sharing in California took a major step forward on Friday when Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Seed Exchange Democracy Act, an amendment to the California Seed Law. It’s the latest victory in a global movement to support and protect seed sharing and saving.
Seed Guardians
By Daniela Silva Astorga, Future Perfect
The inclusive, horizontal and autonomous network Red Semillas Libres Chile aims to preserve the cultural heritage that is our seed stock and to combat genetically-modified seeds and monocultures.
New Book Does a Deep Dive Into Running a Seed Library
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
In her new book, Seed Libraries: and Other Means of Keeping Seeds in the Hands of the People, Conner does a deep dive into issues surrounding seeds and seed sharing.
Seed Sharing Movement Wins Big with New Legislation
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
Since the crackdown on seed libraries by some U.S. states last year, organizers (including Shareable) around the country have been working to protect seed sharing. In both Minnesota and Nebraska, bills that specifically exempt non-commercial seed sharing from commercial seed laws were recently signed into law.
The Top 6 Wins for the Save Seed Sharing Campaign
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
In January, Shareable, the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), and the Richmond Grows Seed Library launched the U.S.-based Save Seed Sharing campaign.
Seed Libraries Fight for the Right to Share
By Christopher D. Cook, Shareable
Seeds are the forgotten heroes of food—and of life itself.
How to Start a Seed Sharing Campaign in Your Town
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
Want to start a campaign to save seed sharing in your town? We’ve put together the following guide to help you do just that.
Seed sharing in US threatened by regulation
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
Local regulators in the US are starting to apply laws meant for big, corporate seed producers to the approximately 300 community seed libraries in the US. Unless regulators are stopped soon, these seed libraries may be quickly regulated out of existence. State regulators are copying one another and, unfortunately, this trend is gaining momentum.
SELC and Shareable Kickoff Campaign to Save Seed Sharing in the U.S.
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
The campaign is designed to educate people about seed sharing issues, support seed sharing communities, and reform overzealous seed laws.
The Story of Hudson Valley Seed Library
By Nasimeh Bahrayni-Easton, Shareable
In 2004, Ken Greene was working as a librarian in Gardiner, New York when he decided to go beyond the bounds of his own personal garden and take his passion for seed saving into a more public, community-based arena.