Dear supporters, this is an urgent request for help! If you have a surplus of spare seeds and would like to donate them to a worthy cause then please read below. Our friends in Lebanon are looking for donations of healthy, organic seeds (especially beans, peas and salad crops). After the tragic explosion in Beirut…Continue readingSeeds for Lebanon
At the London Freedom Seed Bank we stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests that have swept the globe in the wake of the state-sanctioned killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many others. These are crucial times of protest and outrage, of education and learning about the systemic…Continue readingRacial Justice in Food and Seed Sovereignty Organising
By all accounts, it is primed to be a huge year for home-grown veg in the UK. Seed producers and seed banks alike have been overwhelmed with demand as many Brits set up shop on balconies and gardens, facing up to the reality of a long summer of likely lockdown. The LFSB also experienced a…Continue readingResponding to these tricky times
Dear Friends, Imbolc is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, usually celebrated half-way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, or on the 1st February. It honours the lengthening days and the return of warmth, as the soils begin to thaw and the daffodils show their heads. As we move from the…Continue readingFebruary Newsletter
