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What is Seed Sovereignty? (article)

Compiled by Naomi Cook, former NEU Seedbank Volunteer Coordinator at the School of Socio-Economics & Ecology (2019) What is Seed Sovereignty? We are familiar with the concept of human sovereignty but how about seeds?  Here is a definition of Seed Sovereignty, a term first used by activist and Global Seed Ambassador, Vandana Shiva Navdanya: “Seed sovereignty reclaims seeds and biodiversity as commons

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remineralize the earth (website)

  This is a good resource in alignment with NEU’s discipline of Ecology & Regeneration, a website, Remineralize the Earth, a paradigm shift away from conventional chemical farming is a new frontier, Soil Remineralization—the key to sustainable agriculture. Has many varied resources for your continued studies. (Turtle Mountain Photo by Dr N Ash from her private collection.)    

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manifesto on the future of seeds – pdf book in 3 languages

  The Manifesto on the Future of Seeds PDF outlines ways and means to strengthen and accelerate the movement toward sustainable agriculture, food sovereignty, biodiversity and agricultural diversity and help defend the rights of farmers to save, share, use and improve seeds, as well as to enhance our collective capacity to adapt to the hazards and uncertainties of environmental and

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seed sovereignty through world seed banks

  Researched, collated and written by the faculty, associated fellows and staff of the Ecology & Regeneration discipline at NewEarth University’s School of Socio-Economics & Ecology Seed Sovereignty is… Learning to Save Our Seeds NewEarth University’s faculty, fellows and staff have engaged in doing some research to help establish a Global Network of Seed Sanctuaries by creating a database of

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