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1. #SeedWeek is all about celebrating the brilliant growers, gardeners and #seed keepers reviving seed diversity in the UK & Ireland.
As the week draws to a close, we thought we'd get a wee bit serious and talk about WHY their work is so key for us all...
1. #SeedWeek is all about celebrating the brilliant growers, gardeners and #seed keepers reviving seed diversity in the UK & Ireland.
As the week draws to a close, we thought we'd get a wee bit serious and talk about WHY their work is so key for us all...
2. Simply put, there's no #food without #seed!
Almost everything we eat is grown from, or ate something that was grown from seed.
Seed is important to every single one of us, every single day.
Almost everything we eat is grown from, or ate something that was grown from seed.
Seed is important to every single one of us, every single day.
3. But it's not just the existence of seed that matters. It's the diversity of seeds available to us, and whose hands those seeds are in.
1. On day 4 of #SeedWeek our focus shifts to the north of England, where @NorthernSeedSov is working with amazing growers, seed libraries, artists (etc) to advance #SeedSovereignty
Check out this thread for some highlights...
Check out this thread for some highlights...
2. N.England #SeedWeek Feature! π±
In this #SeedWeek blog, Charlie Gray takes us on a gives a whistle-stop tour of some of the most exciting #seed happenings across the North. π§
Importantly, both Lancashire and Yorkshire are represented!!π΅οΈ
seedsovereignty.info/our-seeds-in-tβ¦
In this #SeedWeek blog, Charlie Gray takes us on a gives a whistle-stop tour of some of the most exciting #seed happenings across the North. π§
Importantly, both Lancashire and Yorkshire are represented!!π΅οΈ
seedsovereignty.info/our-seeds-in-tβ¦
3. One of the best seed producers around (considered 'northern' for the purposes of #SeedWeek!) is the @seedcoop, based in Lincolnshire. π±πΎ
They can talk the talk, and they walk the walk π
Find out more: seedcooperative.org.uk
They can talk the talk, and they walk the walk π
Find out more: seedcooperative.org.uk
1. OUT NOW: #LlafurNi (Our Grains) - a new short film from Gaia.
Watch our new 7 min short following #Welsh farmer Gerald Miles's quest to revive the rare black #oats his grandfather once grew!
#SeedWeek
π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπΎπ gaiafoundation.org/llafur-ni/
Watch our new 7 min short following #Welsh farmer Gerald Miles's quest to revive the rare black #oats his grandfather once grew!
#SeedWeek
π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπΎπ gaiafoundation.org/llafur-ni/
2. #LlafurNi is a beautiful, uplifting film.
Narrated in #Welsh with English subtitles, it connects the revival of Welsh #grains with the revitalisation of #culture, land and #language. #SeedWeek.
Watch the film in full here: vimeo.com/489406001
Narrated in #Welsh with English subtitles, it connects the revival of Welsh #grains with the revitalisation of #culture, land and #language. #SeedWeek.
Watch the film in full here: vimeo.com/489406001
3. Produced by filmmaker and photographer Andy Pilsbury, #LlafurNi features Gerald from @CaerhysCOCA, @WalesSeedSov, as well as the seed knowledge and beautiful #folksinging voices of Iwan Evans Coedfadre and Owen Shiers.
#Diolch to them all!
#Diolch to them all!
