The holiday season can be a beautiful time of connection and renewal, as we gather with friends and family and prepare to welcome in the coming year. For many of us, this period can also be a heavy one, as the greed and materialism of our commercialised world dominates with increased intensity. The obsession with ‘stuff’ prevails while rituals, reflections, and stories are left unshared.
As we approach December, we hope to support those seeking deeper, more meaningful interactions this Christmas with a handful of gift ideas that are rooted in reciprocity and regeneration. We invite you to stand with the Earth this giving season; to share stories, art, and local seeds, to feed friendships, spark discussions, and open minds.
Stories of regeneration told through photography and poetry: We Feed The UK Book
Filled with all ten groundbreaking stories, poems, and photography series from We Feed The UK, this book opens curious minds to the wonders of agroecology and the often-overlooked answers it provides for climate restoration, nature regeneration, and social justice.
Published by Papadakis, the We Feed The UK book captures a moment of transformation, led not by policymakers or corporations, but by everyday people planting the seeds of change with their own hands. Stories of women in Scotland, blooming beyond the barriers imposed by our modern male-heir mindset, reclaiming the custodianship of seed, farming, and food that they hold in most Indigenous cultures; of Black-led collectives in London sharing soursop, watermelon, and cane, ripened in glasshouses with the expertise of 80-year-olds who carried agroecology to these isles from their ancestors; of elders in Wales sharing their wisdom with young people in an intergenerational, interspecies exchange that is giving nature space to flourish afresh on our oldest hill farms.
Featured in The Guardian, Positive News, and Waitrose Magazine, these rich pages seed the potential for a system that positively impacts inextricable issues through food that nourishes human and more-than-human kind. Every copy sold supports us in opening more eyes to regenerative farming’s potential.
Essential reading for anyone interested in food systems and environmental justice! I am so glad I stumbled upon this book, it has changed my views for the better!
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Grow the revolution: 100% organic artist t-shirts
The power of art to shape mindsets is something that often is often overlooked in our society. At Gaia, we make a conscious effort to celebrate and respect artists’ roles as crafters of culture, working closely with filmmakers, illustrators, poets, and photographers across all areas of our work. This is becoming ever more vital in the age of AI, as machines are swiftly replacing creativity and livelihoods, casting stories, hope, and imagination aside.
As part of our commitment to stand with artists while growing our network of supporters, we have produced a beautiful range of t-shirts and art prints to spread the word of seed and food sovereignty in allotments, homes, and city streets alike. Our collections of thoughtful gifts are your chance to own the work of brilliantly talented creatives, while promoting food justice and biodiversity revival. Ethically made with renewable energy, our super soft 100% organic cotton t-shirts are printed with water-based inks and our art prints and posters are made from 100% recycled paper.
Recent additions to our best-selling Isla Middleton collaboration t-shirts include new designs by Maddy McClellan featuring illustrations from our 2025 Seed Gathering, as well as work from four of the wonderful photographers featured in We Feed The UK: Johannah Churchill, Sophie Gerrard, John Tonks and Arpita Shah.
Kernels of hope: Open-pollinated seeds
Open-pollinated seeds are the key to an abundant and resilient food system. By buying, sowing, sharing, and saving these seeds, we are helping revive the diversity we urgently need to reclaim in our fields and on our plates.
Agroecologically grown seeds are not only a more sustainable and meaningful gift, these parcels of life reconnect urban communities with each other and with the Earth; remind and bind us to those who have come before us and the countless generations that will follow; help revive regional heritage seeds and recipes from the brink of extinction; and are proven to improve our happiness and mental resilience, even in the most challenging times.
Our Seed Sovereignty Programme works closely with seed guardians across the UK and Ireland, and has compiled a list of trusted open-pollinated seed suppliers selling agroecologically-grown and regionally adapted seeds: the perfect gifts for experienced gardeners, beginner allotmenteers, or anyone with a windowsill.