The weekend is nearly here! We will be starting the day off on Saturday at the Great Seed Festival’s main hub in the Garden Museum so please come and say hello at our stall. You can download the 2-day programme and full list of events here. Our London Freedom Seed Bank Festival, this year part of…Continue readingBring on the Weekend! * Programme for Saturday *
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We are buzzing and excited to announce the performers for our festival on Saturday 11th October, at 5pm, at the Battersea Barge (SW8 5BP). This year our London Freedom Seed Bank Festival will be part of the wider Great Seed Festival . The London Freedom Seed Bank Festival will be kicking off with music from KMT freedom…Continue readingLine-up for the London Freedom Seed Bank Festival 2014
Last year we held a festival to celebrate and recognise those who had saved seed during the year. This included a ceremony, where growers donated some of their saved seed to the London Freedom Seed Bank. The ceremony was accompanied by poetry, song, food, dance, and of course, the odd drink! We passed this donated…Continue readingLondon Freedom Seed Bank Festival – Saturday 11th October @ the Battersea Barge on the River Thames! 5pm ‘til late.
We have awakened to the realisation that we are losing something of great importance: As food growers and farmers we have lost our knowledge of how to save seed and our crop diversity … and we no longer hold the seed sacred! In Oct 2012 Vandana Shiva and the International Permaculture Network made a call…Continue readingWhat is the Freedom Seed Bank?