𓇢 It's the time of year, as you're saving and sorting seeds, to start mulling plans for a community seed swap. It's a good time to set the date and find a venue as well as register with the Heritage Seed Library regarding your event.
𓇢 Whether it's small or large scale, seed swaps are a great opportunity for people to get together - to swap seeds, learn about seed saving and to share experiences.
𓇢 It might be a few allotment buddies working collectively to save a variety of seeds over a season and then coming together to swap varieties, or a group of activists keen to highlight the importance of seed swapping as a means of protecting local biodiversity. Over the past 20 years, community seed swaps across the UK have mushroomed.
𓇢 They offer communities a very practical way to take positive action to protect biodiversity and to protest against the increasing control of the seed supply by a handful of large companies. Saving and swapping seeds sounds like a small thing to do to combat this huge problem, but it is vitally important.
𓇢 Jane Sweetman one of the growers at Wild Roots Field Project will be on hand at our Cultivating Connections event to offer seed saving and storing advice: https://fb.me/e/4VngJ5KsZ
𓇢 You can also find our tips and advice here: https://www.somersetcommunityfood.org.uk/community-seed...
We will collate Somerset Seed Swap dates over the coming months - get in touch if you are organising one! If you are setting up a new swap we may be able to support with a micro-grant.