It sure is about that time…
#seeds #SeedStarting #gardening

More than 100,000 African #seeds put in #Svalbard Global #SeedVault for safekeeping
Seeds of 177 species from across #Africa to be stored in Norway to preserve #crop diversity in case of disaster.
Among the latest additions are seeds critical to building #climate resilience, such as the tree Faidherbia albida, which turns nitrogen into ammonia and nitrates, and Cordia africana, the Sudan teak, a tree renowned for its strength and durability.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/27/more-than-100000-african-seeds-put-in-svalbard-vault-for-safekeeping

AI’s transformative potential for Europe’s growth — starting with food – POLITICO https://www.diningandcooking.com/2002252/ais-transformative-potential-for-europes-growth-starting-with-food-politico/ #(Industry) #agriculture #ArtificialIntelligence #Carbón #Cloud #Competitiveness #data #Development #Emissions #FarmToFork #farmers #food #footprint #Governance #growth #Intelligence #investment #logistics #resilience #safety #seeds #skills #SupplyChains #sustainability #SustainableAgriculture #technology

“The struggle for seed sovereignty is a battle against corporate control over our livelihoods and food systems. We celebrate the decision not only as a victory for farmers but as a reaffirmation of our rights to save & exchange seeds without interference.” #Africa #gmo #seeds https://nation.africa/kenya/health/activists-praise-court-ruling-against-gmos-call-for-alternative-farming-methods-4986948

#MustWatch video from The Guardian, in which Neelam Tailor exposes how billionaires like Bill Gates are destroying Africa's agriculture. #gmo #pesticides #seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO3-xkVACgE

Our lives depend on seeds. Trump’s cuts put our vast reserves at risk
Thor Hanson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/seed-reserves-trump-cuts
#agriculture #seeds #biodiversity #uspol

Planted the first seeds for this year. Just basil, lettuce and broccoli. Tomatoes next week. Spring is on the way.

How philanthropists are destroying African farms – video https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/apr/03/how-philanthropists-are-destroying-african-farms-video #Climatecrisis #Foodsecurity #Philanthropy #Biodiversity #Agriculture #Farming #Africa #Seeds #Kenya #Food

In these times of processed #food proliferation we might forget that all land derived #food depends on #seeds, #spores and #soils. Farming (both urban and rural) will remain key to our ongoing survival.

https://theconversation.com/when-farmers-and-scientists-collaborate-biodiversity-and-agriculture-can-thrive-heres-how-250333

"Our desire to preserve is strongly linked to a narrative of loss, both for #biodiversity writ large and for rare heirloom #seeds. But we recognize the need for biodiversity and destroy it in the same breath. What if we protected the Amazon instead of just the genetics within it? What if we supported small-scale diversified agriculture instead of industrialized monoculture?"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/seeds-biodiversity-hurricane-helene

The first round of seeds for my container garden have all germinated! It’s the first year I’m using heirloom seeds I saved from a previous crop. I’ve got basil, white cherry and Brandywine tomatoes, and Jimmy Nardello and Bulgarian carrot peppers

"Growing and sharing seeds can boost mental health"

#Seeds #Plants #Wellbeing

https://www.positive.news/society/growing-and-sharing-seeds-can-boost-mental-health/

We have germination! Tomato, cucumber, and hot peppers. Not pictured: sugar snaps, nasturtiums, cosmos and nicotiana.

Chiles growing, tomatoes just started.

I sowed a few seeds in pots on the windowsill this afternoon so what's the first thing I'll be doing when I get up tomorrow morning despite knowing that germination will take at least a week or more.

#Flowers #Gardening #GrowYour Own #Seeds #Vegetables

Seeds are so weird! I put these fresh collected seeds into a bag together in July 2024. They've spent almost ten months doing absolutely nothing through all my experiments - light, dark, warm, cool... And now suddenly they're all sprouting at once, it's like magic.

@plants @houseplants

Ah, so Just Seed are one of those examples of something that comes up on Evilzon a lot but in fact you're actually better off going direct to their own website. (Note I speak from being in the UK here!)

I use Just Seed because they're the only place I've managed to source a "correct" form of Japanese green shiso (perilla) from. Everywhere else has the less-frilly large leaved Korean variety. Shiso seeds have a short viability so our 2 year old packet seems to be kaput, so time for some new ones (and we should remember to gather our own seed, much like with parsley our best shiso crops have been once that self-seeded, unlike the parsley unfortunately that hasn't sustained itself year on year... not sure why.)

https://justseed.com/

Cherokee Nation Sends Heirloom Seeds To ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault In Norway

"The Cherokee Nation is the first US Tribe to deposit culturally important crop seeds in the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard"

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

#DoomsdaySeedVault #seeds #FoodCrops #Cherokee #Norway #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/cherokee-nation-sends-heirloom-seeds