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Build the coalition
Connect seed growers and encourage others to take up the work. We connect keepers, stewards, growers, and enthusiasts into one coordinated voice.
The Local Seeds Coalition
It begins with the seed
We connect eaters, growers, and seed people to the seeds of their own regions. Locally adapted seed grows environmentally resilient plants, richer flavor, and a food system with room for everyone in it. We want you to build this movement with us.
Regionally adapted · Culturally rooted · Agroecology · Climate-resilient · Agrobiodiversity · Interdependent ·
Why this, why now
It is time to reclaim seed culture
A tomato bred to ship far and look pretty at a supermarket was never intended for a tomato’s rich taste. Most commercial seed is selected in very few places, for uniformity and distance, for conditions that are controlled and do not vary with regions.
Seed selected in relationship with a place grows plants suited to its soils, its weather, and its people. The work of keeping agrobiodiversity alive has been happening for millennia, we as a people have forgotten. Seed variety needs to be seen and remembered.
Read why seeds matter →
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firms control half to two-thirds of the global commercial seed market.
10k
years of seed stewardship stand behind the crops we eat today.
70+
coalition partners rebuilding regional seed systems together.
From the field
/ photographs from the coalition
The Plan · Phase One
Three moves that connect the field
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Grow awareness and demand
A shared campaign that connects seed source to food we want to eat. Grow demand for regionally adapted seed that becomes visible and real.
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Engage with standards
An agreement among people for what regional seed source is while cultivating the language that crosses cultures. Guide people with a map, a logo, and build connections.
The Coalition
All hands. No hierarchy.
Keepers, stewards, growers, and enthusiasts all have a place here, alongside the seed companies, libraries, and nonprofits already carrying the work, often on volunteer time and passion. We want to remember seed source in the various scales and cultural contexts we bring to Local Seeds Coalition.
Meet the coalition →
Add your hands to the work.
Whether you save seed, grow for market, fund the movement, or just love good food, there is a place for you. Get the occasional update.
In coalition with
Fiscally sponsored by IFOAM North America