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Get involved with a Local Seed Network or set up your own.
Local Seed Networks are the future of seed saving in Australia. We are dedicated to helping this network grow, flourish, and propagate!
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Latest News
> Where to find plum film clip: Location of film clip on antioxidants in Davidson's Plum
> Film Clip on Harvesting Antioxidants:
> Helping Afghanis Preserve Their Agricultural Traditions: Seed Savers was invited by a Japanese NGO to present viable alternatives to the development blueprint imposed by aid agencies, multinational corporations and the UN for reconstructing Afghanistan after twenty three years of war
> Real Spinach and Freezing Kale: Ever wanted a real spinach taste or wondered how to keep all that kale?
> Film on Seeds Available for Film Nights: �Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi� was shot over two years and celebrates traditional food varieties and the people that grow ithem
> Garden Paradise Holiday?: Seed Savers Gardens and House Available Soon
> Seed Hunter, or Poacher?: The documentary, "Seed Hunter" [1] shown on Australian ABC TV in October 2008 promulgated collecting seeds in poor countries and storing them in large seed vaults for use by large scale agriculture. Check a trailer of our documentary "Our Seeds" on our front page to view the other side of conservation - in situ small scale diversity.
> seed hunter: Seed Hunters or Future Poachers?
> Farmers' Rice Varieties Flogged, Hybridised: Rice farmers routinely save their own seeds. Massive collections have been made from their selections over the last few decades to be held in trust for public breeding programmes. Now these varieties are being sold off to create hybrid rice, a new phenomenon, that precludes seed saving.
> An African Call for Moratorium on Biofuels: Biofuels are touted as the solution to dwindling supplies of oil, but what about the cost to agriculture and the environment? Gathuru Mburu, Co-ordinator, African Biodiversity Network, writes.
Seed Savers Posters
The Short Happy Life of a Cucumber - the twelve phases of a cucumber's life, from seed to seed is one of four designs. This is one of four designs. Order ten posters for AUD20, post paid in Australia.
The Short Happy Life of a Cucumber - the twelve phases of a cucumber's life, from seed to seed is one of four designs. This is one of four designs. Order ten posters for AUD20, post paid in Australia.

Posters promoting seed saving are available as a set: The Short Happy Life of a Cucumber - the twelve stages in saving cucumber seeds. You get one copy measuring 70x50cm Help us Grow - this is designed for schools with text on why it is important to save seeds. One copy 50x35cm Give Peas a Chance - this is everyone's favourite. Message about how many pea varieties we have lost in Australia. Two copies 50x35cm and two copies 35x25cm Lettuce be - this is the sister poster to the above with a message on how easy it is to save lettuce seeds. Two copies 50x35cm and two copies 35x25cm.

Please note we now offer two extra complimentary posters. Set of ten sent in a tube. Order posters

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Project Spotlight

Seed Film launched!

"Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi" released. DVDs available:

"Our Seeds" addresses the problems of globalised food based on hybrids that require pesticides and synthetic fertilisers. The film shows how individuals and small groups have solved these problems. A celebration of the seed keepers that stand at the source of humanity's diverse food heritage.

Instructive graphics and rich music. Original English soundtrack or dubbed in Pigin. Subtitles in English or French.

We have allowed TV networks all over the Pacific to broadcast the film including in the Solomons, Vanuatu, Samoa and American Samoa. The DVD is available to everyone here: Go to order form

Seeds Blong Yumi

Three minute trailer of "Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi"

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Antioxidant Harvest in Byron Bay - Davidson Plum

Co-founder of Seed Savers, Jude Fanton, harvests and processes native of the local rainforest, Davidson Plum, full of antioxidants particularly anthocyanins so good for eyesight and immune system. Making a drink and saving the seeds.

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Earlier Trailer of "Our Seeds"

See an earlier four minute trailer of the film with interesting characters, music, subtitles with an animated map of the world showing where crops originated.

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Bananas Galore

Film clip on banana diversity in Melanesia

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Seed to Seed Food Gardens in Schools by Jude Fanton and Jo Immig is for teachers and parents on how to establish gardens that are biodiverse, organic and water-wise with low inputs and the full plant cycle from seed to seed. Chapters include the reasons for gardens in schools, planning, planting and maintaining, how to harvest and eat the garden and how to save seeds.


The Seed Savers' Handbook

Check out The Seed Savers' Network publications The Seed Savers' Handbook

For beginners and experts alike, this 180 page best-seller is a complete reference for 117 vegetables, culinary herbs and flowers in the garden and on the farm. Read a review and see the contents list

Pictured: editions, from left original Australian, UK, Japanese.

30,000 copies sold in Australia. 45,000 copies sold worldwide. Translated into Spanish, Basque, Italian, French, Tamil, Khmer and Bulgarian.

Get your copy of the original Australian version of The Seed Savers' Handbook for AUD27 direct from Seed Savers. Order online


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