How to Cultivate Knowledge for Seed Autonomy? Part 1 - Who Teaches the Seeds? | Agricultural and Rural Convention Seeds are rarely seen for what they truly are: the building blocks of agricultural systems that determine how our food is produced. This is no accident. It is the result of industry taking control, pr...

We need to talk about the seed knowledge gap. Part 1 of a series by Adèle Pautrat:
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#Seeds4All #KnowledgeIsPower #WeekendReads #Agroecology #Biodiversity

We are proud to present our new podcast 🥳
What Seeds For Tomorrow? is a mini series produced by #Seeds4All with Alexandra Baumgartner & EC-LLD🌱 Listen wherever you get your podcasts linktr.ee/seedcarriers
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Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part II – Healthy Interdependencies, Led By Farmers | Agricultural and Rural Convention In a global context marked by rising trade tensions, identity-based isolationism, and climate pressures, the Seeds4All project wanted to understand how Switzerland, landlocked at the heart of the Euro...

#Seeds4All visited #Switzerland this summer 🌽
Adèle Pautrat reports from #FoodCultureDays + so many learnings from #agroecology in the field 🌱
#FoodSovereignty #Biodiversity #LocalFood #Tamales
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Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part I - Nurturing What We Have | Agricultural and Rural Convention The Seeds4All project emerges from a Swiss immersion with a two-part reflection on how seeds can become anchoring points for rebuilding connections and fostering healthy interdependencies in the pursu...

🇨🇭 Did you know there are 4 hyper local fava bean varieties in Valais? Many thanks to Sortengarten Erschmatt, Laura Kuonen, Domaine des Dailles, Olivier Studer & Alexandra Baumgartner for our Swiss immersion 🙏 Discover part 1 of our reflection here:
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The EU Has the Funds but Lacks Focus - This Farm Shows What’s Possible with Both | Agricultural and Rural Convention Organic farming has long been hailed as the poster child for sustainable agriculture. But as the EU organic sector becomes increasingly industrialised, cracks are beginning to appear. How can we weed ...

EU organic farming is in crisis - what are the alternatives? 👀 Next up in our new series 🌱Adèle Pautrat & @natashafoote.bsky.social report from a French farm that's cultivating autonomy & resilience 🌽 💪 www.arc2020.eu/the-eu-has-t...
#Seeds4All #organic #diversity

The Power of Diversity & Community-Managed Natural Farming - The Future of Agriculture Comes From India | Agricultural and Rural Convention Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement. After soil to bread in Portugal, the Seeds4All proj...

This #zerobudget #naturalfarming model inspired by traditional practices has spread to 1 million farms in the last 10 years 🌱🍅🌽🍆🌿👩‍🌾 Benedikt Haerlin @saveourseeds.bsky.social reports from India
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#APCNF #feedthesoil #agrobiodiversity #Seeds4All

Let’s Liberate Diversity Forum 2025 - Registration Now Open! | Agricultural and Rural Convention From September 4th to 6th, the European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity will host its 14th forum in Luxembourg. The Forum will focus on food sovereignty, seed autonomy, and agricultural resilien...

📣 Registration is now open for the 14th European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity! forum 🌱
📍 Luxembourg
🗓️ 4-6 September 2025
ARC is proud to be media partner for this event!
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#Seeds4All #FoodSovereignty #Resilience

Portugal | Regenerative Heritage Grains - From Soil To Bread | Agricultural and Rural Convention Where to find heritage grains likely to thrive in a Portuguese climate and soil conditions? José da Camara Ruas tells us about his farming project in the Alentejo region in south Portugal, and his jou...

What does intra-species cooperation look like in practice? How to feed the seed microbiome? What mix of plant families can unlock #soil health in the dry Portuguese climate? #Seeds4All sat down with José da Camara Ruas to find out:
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#diversification #Portugal #farming

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