News & Press
Food, Seed and Climate Change Resilience

Oat Quest © Jason Taylor
15th November 2022

Welsh Oats: Back in Black

One October afternoon, we set the places for a feast. Enamel plates punctuated a long table, under borrowed festoon lights strung from the rafters. Wind whistled off of the Irish… Read More

A Legacy Imbued in the Seed © Andy Pilsbury
4th October 2022

A Legacy Imbued in the Seed

A new film from The Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty series celebrates The Leakey Bean Collection. This is a story of seed as a source of connection to the plants and… Read More

Beanfeast gathering for the northern network of The Gaia Foundation's Seed Sovereignty Programme © Kev Howard
30th September 2022

Beanfeast: The Best Bits

In September the Seed Sovereignty Programme‘s northern network held a Beanfeast. Communities would, traditionally, band together during harvest season for intense work as well as celebration: bringing in crops, saving… Read More

18th August 2022

Gaia launches new set of GMO resources in collaboration with Beyond GM

Our UK & Ireland Seed Sovereignty team have collaborated with our friends at Beyond GM to create a set of resources on the issues around GMOs and gene-edited crops and… Read More

25th July 2022

Could you be the next Southeast England Seed Coordinator?

We’re pleased to share news of a vacancy within our thriving Seed Sovereignty Programme team, here in the UK. If you would like to become the next Southeast England Coordinator,… Read More

13th June 2022

Gaia Sign Joint Statement on the Genetic Technologies (Precision Breeding) Bill

UK civil society urges MPs to understand the implications of deregulation and revise the bill to ensure the interests of farmers, businesses and citizens are protected. This week The Gaia… Read More

8th June 2022

Calling our Friends in the North! Join the Seed Sovereignty UK team…

We’re hiring a Regional Coordinator for Northern England, as part of The Seed Sovereignty Programme for UK & Ireland This is a home-based, part-time post, with travel required throughout the… Read More

8th March 2022

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the women in our seed team

On International Women’s Day 2022, we are celebrating the inspiring work of the women coordinating our Seed Sovereignty Programme which has trained over 500 seed savers across the UK and… Read More

10th February 2022

In the media: London seed savers’ quiet revolution

Originally published in The Ecologist. 09/02/2022 A quiet revolution is underway. And it’s sprouting where you might least expect it. In old baths and window boxes. In reclaimed parking lots… Read More

31st January 2022

Seed Week 5: our highlights

In this blog we cast our eyes back over our fifth annual Seed Week and share our top 5 highlights – from a beguiling new film to the launch of… Read More