Coordinating Local Seed Networks

12 April 2004
Local Seed Network Courses

This is a course for local seed network coordinators and members and also for those interested in setting up a local seed network. The course aims to help people who have knowledge of gardening and seed saving to successfully establish and run a seed exchange network in their local area.

TOPICS:

• Importance of Conserving Food Crop Diversity

• Benefits of Local Seed Networks

• How to Form a Network

• Sourcing Seeds and Planting Material

• Keeping Records

• Drying and Cleaning Seeds

• Testing Seeds

• Storing Seeds

• Distribution

• Promotion of Your Network

TEACHERS: Jude and Michel Fanton have had seventeen years experience in running The Seed Savers' Network, a national seed exchange network operating across Australia from The Seed Centre in Byron Bay. Since its beginning in 1986, The Seed Savers' Network has had over 6 000 varieties come through the seed bank and over 10 000 people have been or are subscribers to the network. Jude and Michel have been teaching seed saving and Permaculture for the past 20 years in Australia and overseas.