Model to Model Dialogues: Spotlight on Seed Saving

Many local groups are working together to save their indigenous seeds and to share them with others. These local seed saving and seed sharing efforts provide a means by which farmers can preserve traditional varieties, escape dependence on agribusiness corporations, and increase food security.

As a part of the Reinvesting in America Program's identification of organizations which create self-reliance, economic justice and food security, this feature is designed to highlight some of the most effective seed saving efforts around the world.

Seed Saving Projects:

• AS-PTA - Assessoria e Servicos a Projetos em Agricultura AlternativaAssessment and Services in Alternative Agriculture Projects — Brazil
• Bountiful Gardens Seeds — USA
• GROW — Lesotho
• Organic Seed Initiative & Heritage Wheat Project — CANADA
• Solomon Islands Planting Material Network (SIPMN) — The Solomon Islands
• The Farm Breeding Club — USA
• The Safe Seed Initiative — USA
• The Seed Savers Exchange — USA
• Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Association — Zimbabwe
• Seeds of Diversity Canada / Semencier du Patrimoine — Canada
• The Rural Community Development and Motivation Project — Zambia
• Intermediate Technology Development Group – Eastern Africa — Kenya
• Native Seeds Project — USA
• The Havana Seed Savers Network (La Red de las Semilllas) — Cuba
• Seed Savers’ Network — Australia

If you are part of a seed saving project or would like to know more about this feature, please send your inquiries to: RIA@worldhungeryear.org