October 2, 2012
Report Release
A report written by scientists involved in participatory breeding, citizens of India, activists and lawyers about the importance and need to protect seed freedom and seed sovereignty will be released at the annual Bhoomi: The Earth Festival
Fortnight of Action
A fortnight of intense actions for seed freedom will be held beginning on Gandhi’s birth Anniversary and will continue until World Food Day. The purpose of these intense actions is to draw as much public and government attention to the issue of Seed Freedom as possible so as to invoke changes in policy for the future of seeds and farmers in India and across the world.
Actions will Include:
- Write to Patent Offices insisting that they stop granting patents on seed
- Write to WTO, insisting the completion of the mandatory review of the TRIPS article 27.3 b which forces patents on life forms
- Write to President Obama, insisting he stop using the White House to bully countries on behalf of Monsanto, destroying their seed sovereignty through GMOs and patents
- Encourage and partake in the saving, sharing, planting of open-pollinated seeds while also encouraging people to begin their own gardens
SAVE SEEDS AT AMATSIKO ORGANISATION
In a way to ‘SAVE SEEDS’, we have started, The ‘Home Gardens’ project which will contribute to making Amatsiko primarily self-sufficient, a goal it hopes to achieve soon. The project will not only allow for this but also aims at teaching local people latest permaculture technologies that aim at replenishing the depleted natural resources, empowering them, enabling them to create their own source of income as well as being able to improve nutritional levels in the community.
2nd Karaot Seed Barter Festival, Izmir -Turkey
2nd Karaot Seed Barter Festival, Izmir -Turkey
15/09/2012 – The latest Seed Barter Festival by Karaot Seed Association and the Ecological Producers Association in Turkey. Held on Saturday 15 September at Karaot Village in Torbali-Izmir in Turkey. Organised by the villagers and association members to raise awareness against GMO, the global seed industry and national laws preventing the preservation of local seed varieties. Join us to preserve our seeds, spread the word, and learn and discuss what we can do together.
Activities for the day: Seed Barter | Farmer’s Market | Workshops (Collect and Preserve Seeds) | Handicrafts Workshop | Plays | Panels | Concerts | Folk Shows
Note: Travel arranged from certain towns and cities. Please contact for further information.
Photo-gallery:
http://ekolojikureticiler.org/index.php/haberler/448-after-the-2nd-karaot-seed-swap-festival
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.380430628696014.87234.143363945736018
Sharing Seeds
I’mma Indigenous Permacultist and, for various reasons, i’m not doing any farming/gardening/chicken chasing this southern hemisphere summer. Which creates the challenge of what to do with all the seeds in my modest-ish seed bank that are approaching the end of their viability. Solution: post me a a self-addressed envelope and i will stuff that envelope with seeds and post it back. Feel free to enclose suggestions of what seeds you’d like but I make no promises.
Growing Connections Seed Save and Share
14/09/2012 – We will be gathering all our food, herb and flower seeds from this years growth with volunteers at Growing Connections Friday sessions. Working together we will dry, label and store seeds ready for next years planting. Volunteers will be able to take some seeds home with instructions for storing and planting now or in the Spring 2013.
Fortnight of action for Seed freedom (Slovenia) – Štirinajst dni akcije za svobodo semen
The Fortnight of action in Slovenia will start with a gathering where we will discuss the necessity and potentials of Seed Freedom. In the next days there will be several events happening all over the country, organized by different Seed freedom activists and organisations. There will be a seed exchange and a thematic art exhibition during the fortnight in Ljubljana in AKC Metelkova mesto. The closure of the action period will take place in a village Truške near Koper. We will celebrate the World food day with a picnic and seed exchange, where free stew made from naturally grown, local products will be distributed.
This notice will be updated.
Disobbedienza Civile per proteggere i nostri semi tradizionali:..scambio di semi e abbracci
Civil disobedience to protect our traditional Seeds… Seed Swaps and Seed Bombing all over Italy.
Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/409108415812616/?ref=ts
Urgent Call to Defend Maiz
Este pasado martes 02 de octubre una amplia red de organizaciones sociales, ecologistas y campesinas acompañadas de instituciones educativas de Costa Rica como UNED, UCR e INA estarán brindando homenaje a los y las guardianes del maíz nativo en Santa Cruz, Guanacaste.
Por medio de una actividad cultural denominada: Semillas, Sabores y Saberes las organizaciones lanzan un llamado a defender el maíz nativo de la contaminación transgénica y piden públicamente al ministerio de cultura juventud y deportes declarar el maíz nativo de Costa Rica, sus prácticas y tradiciones asociadas, como patrimonio cultural.
salviamo le sementi tradizionali e stabili
stiamo pensando cosa organizzare a Vicenza Italia
Let’s defend Seed Freedom to defend our Future – Italy – Petition
With the verdict of the European Court on July 12th, the ban on trading of traditional and biodiverse seeds, which have not been registered in the official European catalogue has been confirmed. Since 1998 a European directive is in force, which confines the trading and the exchange of seeds to the seeds companies (Corporations). Seed is the source of life, it is the self urge of life to express itself, to renew itself, to multiply, to evolve in perpetuity in freedom. There is no Food Freedom without Seed Freedom.
Sit-in and free seed exchange in front of the European Court of Justice Building
Sit-in and free seed exchange in front of the European Justice Court will be a citizens meeting in front of the Court Building, where everyone should bring seeds to exchange. Belonging to the personal feeling of everyone, he/she can come and simply sit-in, talk and share with others, exchange seeds and knowledge for free or more demonstratively. Knowing that the act of sharing seeds is at this point illegal, as well as meeting for revendications in the place in front of the Court Buildings.
Seed exchange and art exhibition: Freedom of life
As the part of Fortnight of Action – Slovenia we are organizing an art exhibition called Freedom of life. The exhibition will take place in club Jalla Jalla in Metelkova city in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The opening will be on 2.10.2012 and the exhibition will last until 16.10.2012 . During the exhibition there will be seed exchange going on in the club.
SEEDS DAY
During all the day, across its social network, Etika Mondo will broadcast films explaining the reason to save seeds, how and why to do permaculture and what solutions exist.
Fortnight of Seed Freedom at Projecto 270
Actions, events, debates, workshops and meals at Projecto 270, to mark the Fortnight of Action for Seed Freedom, applying concepts from direct participation in matters of Food Sovereignty, Climate Change and Biodiversity.
il flusso del libero suono: i “semiseri”
IL FLUSSO DEL LIBERO SUONO
aderisce alla campagna mondiale “Salviamo i nostri semi” CON: “SEMISERI”
Nara Petrovic: sustainable living lectures
Through our development we have developed many laws, distancing our natural selves away from our social persona. The exploration of ecology was displaced by the laws of economy. Nara will remind us of our basic natural values and the healthy foundations of communities. The combination of rich experience and sincere energy makes the lectures exceptionally inspirational.
Interview of Panagiotis Sainatoudis at the public channel ET-3 about seeds, food and nutrition
Interview of Panagiotis Sainatoudis at the public channel ET-3 about seeds, food and nutrition. It will be on the air in October.
Peliti’s Local Teams activities for Seed Freedom
Distribution of the booklet “resilient seed” by the the local teams of peliti in Ioannina, Creta island (Heraclion), Evia island, Thessaloniki and Ancient Olympia.
Informing about all Peliti’s activities and about Vandana Shiva’s message on peliti’s website (www.peliti.gr).
Fluoride is Poison – Occupy the water
22-9-2012 – 03-11-2012: The 2nd of Oct was decided upon for the launch of the interview on the council stage of Fluoride is Poison – Occupy the Water movement in Australia. This date was chosen specifically to bring awareness to the Seed Freedom Campaign. Water and seeds make plants grow and these topics will be bought up with the Grafton Council. Occupy the Water is a 6 week campaign to rid Australian water supplies of fluoride by peaceful means.
www.facebook.com/events/434978169886651/
www.facebook.com/occupy.the.water
www.sproutculture.org
SOUTHERN COSTA RICA BIO-REGIONAL seed exchange
ALL OCTOBER we will be setting up tables for sharing our local varieties from our many climates around the bio-region.
SAN ISIDRO DE GENERAL, LOCATED AT OUR INTERNATIONALS CORNER OF THE LOCAL THURSDAY ORGANIC FERRIA, bring what you have to share from our harvests, label and packet if you can!!
we will also be conversing on local economies and other ways to exchange our integration of goods and services!
GMO Delete
28 September – 16 October 2012: Worldwide GMO Delete
Sign Our GMO Delete petition: ‘Please Delete GMOs from My Coca-Cola’
GMO Delete has a very simple plan: to gain support from around the world for deleting GMOs from our food and drink.
Occupy Monsanto Gye: “NO QUIERO TRANSGÉNICOS EN ECUADOR”
21/09/2012 – En la semana que comienza el 17 de Septiembre, se realizará en todo el mundo una Acción Internacional contra los Riesgos Biológicos de los Transgénicos. Guayaquil se une a esta acción global.
QUINCENA DE ACCIÓN POR LAS SEMILLAS DE LIBERTAD liderada por VANDANA SHIVA
La Fundación Runakawsai y el Centro Tinku se unen a la quincena con varias charlas, talleres, intercambio de semillas, videos, música, danza e intervenciones urbanas a favor de liberar nuestras semillas
Lugar: Centro Tinku
Fecha: del 2 al 16 de Octubre
Hora: varias
Troca de Sementes
22/09/2012 – 11am – 6pm: We have started a little sooner. We will have a national meeting in Porto, Portugal on the 22th of September to exchange our seeds from our crops with others. The event is also on facebook under the title Encontro Troca de Sementes: https://www.facebook.com/events/332077220215789/. Our idea was to show the law makers that we do not like hybrids and GMO’s and that we will break the law if necessary but we will grow only traditional varieties. We exchange and give fro free, all the seeds we have
NO MONSANTO – NO OGM: BOLOGNA
The Movement “Movimento Earth Riot (Convivenza Pacifica)”, joining the Italy-wide event: “Disobbedienza Civile per proteggere i nostri Semi Tradizionali” is organizing a distribution of leaflets with the aim of giving proper information about SEEDS issues and protesting against GMO, Monsanto and Seed Patenting.
Seed Saving Workshop
25/09/12 – Cylia Taryse Wong helped create the Cedar Cottage Seedsaving Collective in 2011, is a Gaia College organic master gardener, certified permaculturist, and member of two community gardens and Copley Commons Orchard. She brings her hands-on knowledge and experience with community gardening and seedsaving to this workshop.
Campaña mundial para la libertad de las semillas
Durante el martes 2 de octubre, a partir de las 12:00 hrs. en La Jardín contaremos con actividades gratuitas y abiertas a todo público, como una manera de sumarnos a este llamado por la protección y liberación de las semillas.
OCCUPY the SEED in London
OCCUPY the SEED in London and create a FREEDOM SEED BANK
can we…shall we create a LONDON FREEDOM SEED BANK and OCCUPY THE SEED?
first Open Meeting 2nd Oct @2pm to explore that question at FOOD from the SKY
Incredible Edible Harvest Festival
Incredible Edible Harvest Festival – September 30th, 2 to 4pm
This year the festival will be include a SEED FREEDOM save seed section.
Collect seeds from your gardens and allotments in paper bags or envelopes with name of seeds.
There will be a seed bank box which we hope to fill with seeds that we can keep to share with the community next season.
o melhor que sabemos e o melhor que podemos | the best we know the better we can
Durante os dias que decorrem entre a celebração de nascimento de Mahatma Gandhi (2 de Outubro) e o Dia Mundial da Alimentação (16 de Outubro), como forma de protesto não violento, por uma sociedade baseada na justiça, na vida. Associamo-nos à chamada internacional da Aliança Global para as Sementes Livres.
Seed Freedom Nashville Science and Spirit Event
Gather after school lets out, meet at Nashville Midtown park (to be updated) on October 2, 2012. We will start with celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, probably an organic fruit salad in paper cups as a treat, maybe juice also in paper, organic. Leftover plastic spoons will be recycled. We will talk about Gandhi’s life and values and about satyagraha, and how it fits needed work today. We plan on reading holy writings from the Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jesus and Baha’u'llah in addition to others also suggested. This is to be a mankind is one spiritual event. We will talk about science of GMOs at the beginning a bit, but we will have more at the end. There will be deeper handouts for the press, and a smaller handout for the public. I will have the place totally set by Monday 9-22-2012. Questions about where can be answered at: nmcfadden9@gmail.com
Location is finalized:
Centennial Pavillion, in Centennial Park which is on West End Avenue. It is close to West End Avenue and on the west side of the park. It is very close to MacDonalds on West End.
ACTO POR LA LIBERTAD DE LAS SEMILLAS CAMPESINAS
ACTO POR LA LIBERTAD DE LAS SEMILLAS CAMPESINAS
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2 de octubre 2012
17 a 20 hs
Frente al ministerio de agricultura
Av. Paseo Colón 982 – CABA
Expose Kellogg’s Tour of Genetically Modified Food
15/09/2012 – We will be at the Staples center in Los Angeles CA announcing to all the people that Kellogg’s does not want consumers to know if their food contains Genetically Modified Ingredients. Since they have poured over half a million dollars against the labeling initiative, Kellogg’s agrees that labeling would be costly, but they have changed their packaging for the Olympics. Why not for OUR RIGHT TO KNOW?!!
Kellogg’s contributed $ 632,500 Against Our Right To Know, against Prop 37
Boycott Kellogg’s ! Yes On 37
L’Economia della Felicità (Italian Screening of “The Economics of Happiness” by Helena Norberg-Hodge)
The Italian Team of “The Economics of Happiness” is supporting the Fornight of Action for Seed Freedom and is glad to list the screening of the movie among the actions for Seed Freedom.
Partners: Navdanya International, MDF Firenze (Movimento Decrescita Felice, Terra Nuova Edizioni, Decrescita felice Social network, ISEC
From October 1st to October 3rd in the 36 Movie Theatres of “The Space Cinema” Circuit.
NZ, Auckland screenings – Seeds of Freedom & A Silent Forest
Two short documentaries on the causes and consequences of GMO as used in industrialised agricultural production. Free public event with some discussion afterwards. See the website http://localwatch.net.nz/ for more details and follow-up actions.
Saatgutfreiheit in Kitzingen und weltweit/ Seedfreedom in Kitzingen and all over the world
25/-9/12 – The evening will start with a look back on the fight against GMO in our region, but we also want to look into the future. We want to reverse the process: to take out the reverse gear GMO and start the forward gear diversity. Our region has been a hot spot of GMO in Germany- why shouldn’t it become a center of diversity?
We will outline the role of seednetworks like the Saatgutarche Franken (Seed Arc Franconia) and invite the visitors to join. There will be the opportunity to talk about how to go this way to a future with seed diversity
October 3, 2012
Pensar global, agir local: a importância de conhecer e preservar as sementes tradicionais da nossa região (Thinking global, acting local: the importance of knowing and preserving the traditional seeds of our region)
In the first part of the event we will watch the movie Seeds of Freedom. Then we will have a shared lunch, where everybody is going to bring some food, preferently organic and healthy food. While we eat we will make a reflection about the content and the message of the movie and then we will discuss and plan possible actions (about seed preservation, improving our knowledge about traditional seeds of our region and increasing the civic awareness on this topic) to do in our region, Coimbra.
October 4, 2012
…de la Mondialisation et ses “maux” des brevets et des semences DU DROIT A LA VIE !
Le 4 octobre 2012, dans le cadre des “19h19″ de L’APRES
au RECANTOU à Toulouse L’Université Nomade avec le Collectif des Faucheurs anti-OGM, l’association Pétanielle (graines de liberté) et une adhérente de Kokopelli, organise une projection-débat:
Mondialisation, quelques “maux” que je sais d’elle film qui souligne les impacts négatifs des politiques menées par l’OMC, la Banque Mondiale et le FMI (processsus d’endettement, ajustements structurels) depuis des
années et les résistances qu’elles ont suscitées. Il montre aussi comment la production et la distribution de la nourriture a été un des éléments importants de la globalisation économique néo-libérale.
Le film nous a semblé résonner comme en écho avec l’appel à une Alliance planétaire que Vandana Shiva a lancé le 1er août 2012 lors du Festival Kokopelli Pacha Mama au Pérou.
Festival de la Semilla Común Tierra y Ecocentro Eutopia
Estaremos en una mañana de actividades con 35 niños de escuela, haciendo una siembra de semillas orgánicas del Proyecto Común Tierra en el Eco Centro Eutopia en Reque, Perú.
Estaremos generando enseñanza a través de la práctica poniendo los niños a tocar sus manos en la tierra, sentir sus semillas, rezar por ellas y por la abundancia que las semillas de libertad nos pueden generar.
Más informaciones: www.comuntierra.org
October 5, 2012
Seed Market
Our organisation decided that we will start an open Seed Market. This will be just the first in a series of markets. We will organize one every first Friday in the month. The idea is to start an independent market where anyone can buy, sell and exchange their seeds as they please. The idea is to save and expand the seed diversity and to protect the seed freedom.
Spreading the Seeds of Freedom
A bunch of families are gathering on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide, South Australia to distribute 500 packets of organic, GM-Free sunflower seeds to passers-by. We hope to raise awareness with our question (“Is the biodiversity of our food system under threat?”) printed on the seed packets with a link to this website and the Seed of Freedom Documentary. All welcome to join us. Wear yellow if you can. We want to bring message of hope and a brighter future.
Seed Freedom infopoint at vegan party
stand informativo per le settimane di azione per la libertà dei semi presso il vegan party di catania
Free Seeds in Kitzingen and worldwide
The evening will start with a look back on the fight against GMO in our region, but we also want to look into the future. We want to reverse the process: to take out the reverse gear GMO and start the forward gear diversity. Our region has been a hot spot of GMO in Germany – why shouldn’t it become a center of diversity?
We will outline the role of seed networks like the Saatgutarche Franken (Seed Arc Franconia) and invite the visitors to join. There will be the opportunity to talk about how to go this way to a future with seed diversity.
October 6, 2012
Seed Exchange Initiative
Seed exchange, film screening of “Seeds of Freedom” and debate about seed patenting at the Municipal Producers Market.
Panel Meeting and Workshop on “Social and Legislative Aspects of Genetically Modified Organisms”
Through “Social and Legislative Aspects of Genetically Modified Organisms” two day panel meeting and workshop, we are planning to bring together the NGOs active in the field, scientists, repsesentatives of the central authority, and Biosafety Council ,No to GMOs Platform activists ,experts, and lawyers to discuss legal process,social aspects of the GMO’s ever carried out in Turkey and in the world.
Gandhi Earth Walk (.org)
To Inspire and Empower the World to Walk Together. Site: To register visit: http://gandhiearthwalk.org/event1.html World Wide Potential and currently walks are forming in San Francisco and Canada (please visit event page and easily register new walks and share with friends, family and organizations for GMO awareness to support Ca. Prop 37 Right to Know (GMO food labeling initiative).
Walks can be held from anywhere in the world, for Gandhi’s birth-anniversary. The time is now to start a walk/march/rally for October 6! We need mass GMO awareness in 2012! http://gandhiearthwalk.org/event1.html
Namaste
Seeds and Bicycles
Local and heirloom seeds that are raised and grown in one farm will be transported to another by four volunteer cyclists.
As a part of the “Long Live Seeds” project by Bugday Association, 134 rare and local seeds were identified throughout Turkey. Then the seeds were collected and sown through Bugday’s ecological farm network, TaTuTa (www.tatuta.org). After the harvest, the seeds collected and preserved will be exchanged between farms and seed enthusiasts.
For the Seed Freedom Fortnight Action, four volunteer cyclists will transport the heirloom seeds from one farm to another in Kaz (Ida) Mountains. Sustainability of food will be secured by a sustainable form of transportation, bicycles.
Popular Purchase Groups Network
Creating a network between small producers and aware consumers: vegetables, fruits, organic/local products…whatever Mr. Monti might think…
There’s no Food Freedom without Seed Freedom
6th October at VEGANOTECA (Via G. Motta, 79/A – San Givanni La Punta)
7th October at CIRCOLO CITTA’ FUTURA (Via Gargano 37 Catania)
Trees from seeds for Co2 compensation and Primary Schools
Today 6 October at Campodoro New School
210 trees and 8 ancient varieties of pears cherry apples to be planted. 210 children are called to take care of one of these special trees.
Thanks to Campodoro ( Padova Italy Europe) and Moviechorus and Koineco and Diversamentebio
Today at 10 till 13 at Campodoro
BUILDing Community Seed Resilience ~ Seed Exchange
Calling all Urban Farmers and Seed Savers!
Seeds are the vital ink to our past and to our future. Bio-diversity and local resiliency is more important than ever.
As a way to strengthen and promote localized food systems, the band Rupa and the April Fishes are on a world tour sharing their music that involves an awakening to the current system we find ourselves in and in helping to build a new paradigm that makes the current on obsolete.
At all these shows we are conducting a Seed Exchange of heirloom, organic and rare seeds from around the world. In alliance with Native SEED Search and Seed Matters, this action is to help empowering people in growing food and saving their own seeds.
Feira de Trocas
Durante a entrega de produtos agroecológico da Rede Ecológica de Itaipu, Niterói(RJ) fazemos uma feira de trocas chamada quintais que produzem. Cada participante traz os produtos que produz em seu quintal e troca por outro produto ou dinheiro ou doa. Neste encontro que ocorre um vez por mês em uma escola pública estadual (Colégio Estadual Alcina Rodrigues Lima) trocaremos sementes dos quintais e algumas serão plantadas em uma agrofloresta que existe na escola como forma de preservar este banco genético.
Seed Library at Preparedness Expo
I will have a seed library on display and will be educating on seed saving. I will be enlisting more organizations/clubs/gardens to host their own seed library for their local community.
Southern Seed Legacy Heirloom Seed Swap
Southern Seed Legacy is hosting an heirloom seed swap as part of the North Texas Master Gardener’s Fall Garden Fest. Visit our booth to acquire free heirloom seeds from the Southern Seed Legacy and/or bring heirloom seeds to share with others.
Open doors at the Seed Project in Tamera, Peace Research Center in Portugal
Tamera invites for an Open Day for the last time this year: In the morning, our Water Retention Landscape which is a permaculture landscape healing project will be presented on a guided tour, and in the afternoon we present the Seed House and our work around the seeds, with time for knowledge exchange and seed swap. Since a few years we are on the way to become self- sufficient in our own seeds, with the aim to grow food for 200 and more people from our land. We are also teaching seed knowledge in an international education program called “Global Campus”.
Right To Know March for GMO Labeling in the state of CA, USA
Check out these excellent Photos captured at our Rally and Right To Know March last weekend in San Francisco
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.460606233990258.117584.114461811938037&type=1
Seed Swap at the Clarence Park Urban Orchard
In support of seed freedom fortnight, the Urban Orchard will be having a seed swap at their monthly stall in the Clarence Park Community Centre. Bring along seeds to share, together with any surplus backyard produce, seedlings or other wonders, or just help yourself!
It is a great day to come to the centre as both the dry and fresh Clarence Park Food Cooperatives will be open and a market of other cooperatives is being held to celebrate the International Year of the Coop. Its also an appropriate activity to celebrate International Permaculture Day!
3rd Local Seed Gathering – 3º Encontro das Sementes Locais: Campo, Caldas da Rainha
The 3rd Seed Gathering brings together local small farmers and gardeners to share seeds, ideas, projects and skills related to the cultivation of traditional seeds. The topics of GMO’s, Hybrids, Organic Farming, Permaculture and Seed Collecting and Preserving, will be discussed.
Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/345363748884457/
Transition Camp –
John Friers runs his own seed initiative at the Whitehawk Community in Brighton. Some seed saving basics. How can we be more creative and productive gardeners? Which crops actually made it through the extreme weather of 2012? What should I grow next year? John has helped set up several small community gardens, introducing people to the world of seed-saving, composting, forest gardening, plant-breeding, allotmenting and human-scale food production.
Event programme: http://www.there.is/transitioncamp/programme.html
HOMENAJE AL CACAO DE PANAMA / TRIBUTE TO THE CACAO OF PANAMA
Conference on the subject of the cacao crop in Panama. Ancestral practice of cultivation in the rainforest. Pre-colombian history of cacao. Spaniard conquest and the spread of cacao seeds around the world from the 15 to the 19th century. Contemporary practice of cultivation and processing of cacao in indigenous communities in Panama today. indigenous spiritual meanings and cosmovision around the cacao tree and fruit.
Seedling Initiative
Launch of the Seed house at the greenhouse of the City Museum, by the R.U.I.S. collective, restoring the greenhouse’s historical function. An invitation to share and plant seeds with the resulting plants returned to participants on the 4th of November.
October 7, 2012
Diversify your Garden Workshop
The Seed Savers Network in conjunction with Permaculture Sydney Institute and local Sydney Seed Saving Groups offer this workshop to celebrate this fortnight of Action. The one-day workshop with Jude and Michel Fanton will suit people wanting to diversify their garden, to add new dimensions to their diet and to teach seed saving to their children or in schools.
Dai Semi Antichi Libertà e Dignità all’Uomo
Giornata dedicata ai semi e ai salvatori di semi. ascolteremo le parole e le esperienze delle persone che si impegnano per la salvaguardia della biodiversità rurale e della mente.
Si conosceranno progetti e proposte per salvare semi e idee di libertà.
Agronaftes: Visit to an eco veggie garden in Marathon, Attika region, Greece
our CSA network AGRONAFTES is holding this event in order to get to know the people behind the effort to supply us with top quality, genuine organic veggies. We expect everyone involved in the CSA groups in Athens, to come along and spend 2 hours in the countryside of Marathon, exploring the gardens and meeting with each other.
cementos livros free seeds
Kapingbdy market on Sunday 7 October: Seed swap and info.
One day for Seeds and Biodiversity preservation – Il Corniolo Rosso
The homestead “Il Corniolo Rosso” hosts a guided tour of a once uncultivated land, which is being reclaimed. Vegan, organic, NON GMO Lunch, tales and stories about the plants collection and the botanical garden. (www.facebook.com/luomodeiboschi/photos_albums). How care and dedication can make it possible.
Promoting traditional local peanut seeds
The Haifeng local peanut is more tasty and nutritious. But it’s per acre yield is lower than those can be found in the seed market. So it’s becoming more and more difficult to get this kind of peanut in the market, so is in the seed market. The Lotus Valley Ecoop Farm is many Km away from any nearby peanut fields and so has been preserving this Haifeng local peanuts. Now it’s available for sale during this seed freedom action fortnight. Interested perons/parties please send request email to: admin@lotusvalley.net.
Eco-farmers market, art exhibition and a lecture
As a part of Fortnight of action-Slovenia organized by Ekološko društvo Porevit, the ecological organisation Sorško Polje prepared an eco-farmers market, art exhibition and a lecture by Anton Komat. Mr. Komat is one of most experienced people in the field of seed saving, sustainable living and ecology. He is an author of several books and articles.
Taking a Stand for Seed Freedom in Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico movement for organic farming and food sovereignty is barely getting off the ground as this Caribbean island nation has hardly any agriculture to speak of. Smaller than the US state of Connecticut, Puerto Rico is one of the most densely populated places in the world, and it imports at least 85% of the food its inhabitants consume.
Seed exchange
On internet site www.biovrt.com is created document/post : call for all readers of this page (about biogardening) to participate in seed exchange. Everybody can send the ad on e-mail adress of the NGO Biogarden – in harmony with nature, and ad will be published on the site, so that everybody interested can get in contact with others who wish to exchange seeds http://biovrt.com/2012/10/07/djelujmo-za-slobodu-sjemenja-pridruzite-se-razmjeni-sjemenja/
Visit to the village “Aldeia das Amoreiras” and screening of the film “Seeds of Freedom”
Guided tour at Aldeia das Amoreiras and the Centro de Convergência. Visit to the village in the morning, visit to a traditional vegetable garden and film screening of “Seed Freedom” (2012) in the afternoon. Reservations alentejo@gaia.org.pt
7 de Outubro, Aldeia das Amoreiras - Visita guiada à Aldeia das Amoreiras, aldeia sustentável, e o Centro de Convergência. 10h-13h Visita guiada, 13h Almoço livre, 15h Visita a uma horta tradicional da Aldeia, 17h Projecção do filme “A Liberdade da Semente” (Seed Freedom, 2012) e discussão sobre o tema das sementes no âmbito da Quinzena de Acção. Reservas alentejo@gaia.org.pt
http://centrodeconvergencia.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/visita-guiada-a-aldeia-das-amoreiras/
Riprendiamoci i semi!
Inaugurazione in bottega dello “SpazioSeMenti”, punto di scambio permanente di scambio sementi autoprodotte per l’orto e il giardino famigliare. Aperitivo equosolidale e letture a tema.
Incontro con Coltivar Condividendo, Slow Food – Orto in Condotta, DiversamenteBio, Fattoria Rio Selva per parlare di diritto al cibo, sovranità dei semi, biodiversità, multinazionali dell’agribusiness.
Samen – und Pflanzen – Tausch – und Verschenkbörse im Ökotop Heerdt (Seed Swap)
Seed and plant swap during our annual harvest festival in an ecological gardening project.
We celebrate the annual harvest festival in the ecological gardening project “Ökotop Heerdt” (www.oekotop.de) in Düsseldorf/Germany on October 7th from 3 pm to 6 pm and use this opportunity for exchanging seeds and plants. Everybody is welcome!
International Tulip Guerrilla Gardening Day 2012
October 7th: We plant Tulips in CORVIALE – Rome
On May 1st 2012 we tried with Sunflowers, we planted hundreds of them, but right before the were going to bloom and create a wonderful garden in the heart of Corviale, the municipal garden services cut them all down by mistake…..
WE WANT TO TRY AGAIN WITH TULIPS! ON OCTOBER 7TH
Biodiversità rurale, bene comune
Secoli e secoli di un lungo e scrupoloso lavoro di selezione su frutta, verdura e animali da allevamento hanno generato un’enorme quantità di varieta e razze, tutte con caratteristiche molto differenti che le rendono adatte al propio territorio o a un utilizzo specifico.
Qualità che portano con se caratteri genetici unici, irripetibili ma anche un forte valore culturale, un pezzo di storia delle comunita che per secoli le hanno conservate.
Flash Mob for Seed freedom… seed swaps, smiles and hugs!
We’ll be colourful and full of love. We will swap traditional seeds and distribute smiles and hugs. There will be a reading of the Declaration on Seed Freedom, street shows and a lot of positive energy for Humanity.
Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/351278544966852/
Video link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3392601868775
Protection, Preservation and Exchange of our Traditional Natural Seeds
We join up the Citizens Global Alliance for Seed Freedom and we respond to the call of Dr. Vandana Shiva. In Valle d’Itria (Cisternino – Brindisi – Puglia) we will meet to celebrate Seed Freedom. We’ll take the opportunity to know each other and exchange the Gifts of the Earth (ancient Seeds and heirloom non manipulated varieties).
Civil disobedience to protect our Traditional Seeds – SICILIA
CORPORATION MOVE ALONG WITH CORRUPT POLITICIANS TO CANCEL OUR FOOD SOVREIGNTY
BEHIND “RESEARCH” THEY HIDE THE GOAL TO INVADE OUR LAND WITH SEEDS THAT CAN’T BE SAVED FOR THE FOLLOWING SEASON. THEY WANT TO FORCE US AND OUR FARMERS TO BUY NEW GMO SEEDS “OF THEIR PROPERTY” EVERY YEAR. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHT TO SELF-SUSTAINABILITY.
WE CAN’T REMAIN QUIET!
October 8, 2012
Launch of Global Seed Report and Campaign in Mallorca, Spain
Launch of Global Seed Report on the Seed Emergency
Founding of a Seed Conservation & Community Supported Agriculture Project in Kolkata by Smell of the Earth
Smell of the Earth is a community dedicated to activism related to food and the environment. We believe that sustainable agriculture and local food systems are the first steps towards creating a stronger, fairer and cleaner world.
We have started a local Seed Conservation cum Community Supported Agriculture project in Kolkata. We are proud to have started our work during the Seed Freedom Fortnight of Action. Please visit our page (https://www.facebook.com/SmellOfTheEarth) for pictures and details.
Islas Baleares: presentación semana estatal de la biodiversidad
Presentación de la la semana de lucha de la biodiversidad agrícola “Cultiva diversidad. Siembra tus derechos” que tendrá lugar a partir del 16 de octubre, cómo aportación a la campaña Seed Freedom, por los diferentes territorios del estado español.
Seed Freedom!: A Week of Gardening Programs at Lorain County Community College
SEED FREEDOM!
A week of gardening programs at Lorain County Community College to save seeds.
Join the international “OCCUPY THE SEEDS” movement.
Come One, Come All!
Its In Your Food! GMOs – Your Right to Know *Free Education Forum
Key Note Speaker: Jeffrey Smith – Executive Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, Writer & Director of best-seller and newly released documentary “Genetic Roulette”.
Dr. Robin Bernhoft, M.D. – Fellow and Past President of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and Medical Director of the Bernhoft Center for Advanced Medicine (Ojai)
Catie Wyman-Norris – Researcher, national television and radio wellness advocate and formulator of whole food supplements, who was inspired by her own family’s health problems to find a natural cure.
Steve Sprinkle – Owner of The Farmer & The Cook – all organic farm, cafe, and marketplace, Board Member of Ojai’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture, and Board Member of The Cornucopia Institute.
October 9, 2012
Launch of Global Seed Report and Campaign in Rome, Italy
Launch of Global Seed Report and Campaign in Rome, Italy
NO MONSANTO – NO OGM: GENOVA
The Movement “Movimento Earth Riot (Convivenza Pacifica)”, joining the Italy-wide event: “Disobbedienza Civile per proteggere i nostri Semi Tradizionali” is organizing a distribution of leaflets with the aim of giving proper information about SEEDS issues and protesting against GMO and Seed Patenting.
Daytona Beach Seed Freedom Swap
We are hosting a seed swap as a part of the Global Alliance for Seed Freedom.
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Sunrise Park, Riverside Drive & LPGA in Daytona Beach.
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Our event will take place on Tuesday, October 9th at 11 am. There will be extra seeds for those without seeds and new gardeners.
Community Seed Swap
COMMUNITY SEED SWAP
Tuesday October 9th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm
GRUB Cooperative 1525 Dayton Rd. Chico, CA
Vandana Shiva meets the urban gardens in Rome
Nex Tuesday Vandana Shiva will meet the urban gardening community in Rome.
The meeting will take place at 4 PM in Hortus Urbis (via Appia Antica 42) , a garden that was recently committed to Zappata Romana, an association that gathers more than 100 environmental activists in Rome.
After Vandana Shiva, there will be an interesting testimony about the recently approved law on seeds in the EU, and other testimonies of urban gardening, environmental activists.
October 10, 2012
Seed Keynote Speech at Annual Australian Community Gardens Gathering
KEYNOTE Speech on Friday 12th October: Seed Savers’ Network—Seed to seed Gardens.
Jude and Michel Fanton will explore what Seed Freedom is and we will have a chance to explore in small groups actions that school and community gardeners can take.
Growing food • tranforming place • creating culture
…celebrating community one lettuce at a time
5th ACFCGN National School & Community Garden Gathering
at Randwick Sustainability Education Hub
CENA SOCIALE AUTOPRODOTTA E SCAMBIO SEMI
Quando un anno fa fondammo il GASP (GruppoAcquistoProduzioneSolidale) lo feci mio già con l’intenzione di autoprodurre oltre che di acquistare cercando di favorire la “localizzazione” a svantaggio ove possibile delleriproduzioneindustriali.
Greek Lebanese Heritage Bridging with Seed Freedom
A Seed for Change organizes a big event in Athens and Beirut at the same time, where the two groups of city farming enthusiasts will meet, and talk about local varieties that they wish to exchange between each other!
Launch of Turkish Version of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed
Turkish translation of the book edited by Vandana Shiva, Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed is published in October 2012 by Sinek Sekiz Publishing House
Pensar Global, Agir Local /Think Global, Act Local
A Transição Coimbra vai realizar uma iniciativa no dia 10 de Outubro no Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, cujo objectivo é perceber o que podemos fazer para conhecer melhor e preservar as variedades locais de plantas e sementes.
Transição Coimbra (“Transition Coimbra”) is going to organize an action on the 10th October in the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, with the goal of understanding what we can do to know better and preserve the local varieties of plants and seeds.
Cincinnati Northside Farmers Market October 10th
Join us at the Carriage House Farm table as we celebrate the Fortnight of Action for Seed Freedom at Northside Farmers Market October 10th. A volunteer will have information about what seeds are the easiest to start saving, as well as resources if you would like to learn more. Additionally, we will have info about open pollinated, heirloom, hybrid, and GMO seeds. We will share examples of seed actions we are taking, and why we feel seed saving is good for nature and for maintaining plant diversity. There will also be lots of seed giveaways: vegetables, herbs, and wildflowers including seeds grown at Carriage House Farm.
Market moves indoors on October 10th to the North Presbyterian Church auditorium at 4222 Hamilton Avenue, about 2 blocks up the street. Parking behind the church on on the side streets.
Panagiotis Sainatoudis talk about seeds, food and nutrition at the local TV channel “Star Dramas”
Drama Prefecture
10/10/12. Panagiotis Sainatoudis talked about seeds, food and nutrition at the local TV channel “Star Dramas” at the airing “Rural Voice” at 21:00.
October 11, 2012
LOGOS la Festa della Parola
Logos – La Festa della Parola is a festival held in Rome, Italy by the occupied-selfmanaged- socialcenter Ex-Snia, entirely managed by volunteers. This year the theme is E/earth as we will talk about our impact through various workshops of the Bike Kitchen and Community Garden, concerts, artshows and guests holding seminars. Margherita Hack, Alessandro Portelli, Massimo Carlotto are some of the partecipants of the festival held between 11th and 14th of October 2012.
Semillas Libres Colombia – Varios Eventos
En Colombia las organizaciones articuladas a la Campaña Semillas de Identidad, han organizado varias acciones en todo el país. Entre las que hay foros, ferias de semillas, mercados campesinos, marchas, actividades culturales, intercambio de semillas.
Son muchas las organizaciones que se han unido a la Campaña SeedFreedom en Colombia, las puede ver en el link que se da al inicio en la página web de la Red de Semillas Libres de América, donde también podrán ver otras acciones en otros países como Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela.
Estamos promoviendo la firma de un manifiesto que entregaremos el próximo 22 de octubre al Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación, Oliver de Shutter y al Secretario General de la FAO, en el marco de la Conferencia Mundial del Derecho a la Alimentación que se realizará en Colombia.
Atentamente,
Mauricio García A.
Coordinador Campaña Semillas de Identidad Colombia
Visiting of the primary school of Kallifito at the land of Peliti
11/10/12. Visiting of the primary school of Kallifito at the land of Peliti. Presentation at the children about Peliti’s actions on local varieties, food and nutrition.
People’s Dinner “Occupy the Seed”
Collective meal under the theme “Occupy the Seed” with an interactive debate about the seed emergency.
NZ, Auckland – Genetic Roulette: The gamble of our lives
Public screening of the recent documentary about the grave trend that has been uncovered – the same serious health problems found in lab animals, livestock, and pets that have been fed GM foods are now increasing in the US population. And when people and animals stop eating them, their health improves.
For more details visit the website: http://localwatch.net.nz/genetic-roulette/