ELEMENTAL EARTH

HOW IT WORKS

We run a community seedbank and we are hoping it will become a useful and ethical, sustainable resource for all to use. As well as giving seeds we would also like to encourage people to save their own seed too. The seedbank is FREE but we ask that you commit to putting into the bank as well as taking from it. We are really hoping to develop this into a bigger project, so if you would like to get involved please get in touch.

 

Reclaming the seed

People have been collecting seed for hundreds of years adding to the biodiversity and balance of the ecosystem but since the commercialization of the seed trade in the 19th century this all changed and is still changing as you read.

Saving your own seed is important for many reasons,apart from being a rewarding practice completing the circle of the seasons it is also important because we are loosing the biodiversity of seeds (and therefore plants) which has many effects on the surrounding environment,Since the turn of the 20th century we have lost about 96% of the seeds that were common at that time.The commercial seed industry is now dominated by chemical and biotech corporations such as Monsanto and independant seed companies have been left by the wayside.This has also had a big effect on farmers worldwide.
We should all have access to a bank of open pollenated and non-GMO seeds.Community seed banks can provide seeds with local characteristics,plants that have adapted to our immediate surroundings and appropriate heirloom variaties for our area.Saving seed in this way also helps to save them from extinction.

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https://www.seedsovereignty.info/

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