Handen af van onze zaden!

The one tomato or leek is not the other. And everything starts with the seed. Is it owned by multinationals, where profit takes precedence over taste, nutritional value, and biodiversity? And thus tailored to the industrial agriculture model in which farmers must buy expensive, hybrid seeds every year? 

Or do we choose for open-pollinated, freely available varieties: seeds without patents, in the hands of agro-ecological farmers and their communities? This way, we preserve the freedom to improve seeds ourselves, adapted to local conditions – as a basis for a fair and resilient food system. 

At the Kiemkracht festival, we will engage in conversation with member of the IPES-Food panel, co-founder and general coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) Million Belay, Paul Grabenbergen, and organic farmer Lien Vrijders, founder of the Grassroots Climate Farm.