Category Archives: seedsforfood

Saving Seeds to Save a Culture (Foodtank)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Read at : http://foodtank.org/news/2013/04/navdanya-saving-seeds-to-save-a-culture Navdanya: Saving Seeds to Save a Culture “Seed is the first link in the food chain. Saving seeds is our duty, sharing seeds is our culture,” says Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya, an organization whose … Continue reading →

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Seed Freedom (YOU TUBE)

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

AN EXTRAORDINARY VIDEO http://youtu.be/naVPxPqAbgU Act for Seed Freedom: 2-16 October 2012 Join ‘The Fortnight For Seed Freedom’. This video is available in multiple languages. Please visit the Seed Freedom video channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/occupytheseed.

Posted in Agriculture, seedsforfood

Seeds for Food on Dutch TV (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

An interview for the Dutch YV : http://youtu.be/4v_DTOdFcWk EO NEDERLAND HELPT – ZADEN VOOR VOEDSEL (SEEDS FOR FOOD) Het laatste deel van de EO-uitzending op Nederland 2 (Aflevering 322/Georgië 3 van 23 februari 2012) waarin vooral de actie “Zaden voor … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, seeds, seedsforfood

Video on combating desertification with “Seeds for Food” (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

My newest video is in Dutch language, but anyone can understand the message : the images are speaking for themselves : http://youtu.be/4v_DTOdFcWk Its Dutch title is : EO NEDERLAND HELPT – ZADEN VOOR VOEDSEL It’s a part of a series … Continue reading →

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Sustainable food production / Duurzame Voeding (Tim JOYE-LNE Flanders / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

In Dutch : Sustainable food production (duurzame voeding) by Tim JOYE – LNE Flanders http://vimeo.com/34511416

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, seedsforfood, sustainable gardening, vegetables, vertical gardening

Importing seeds of food crops : it’s against the law (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

In 2007, I have launched the action “Seeds for Food” (http://www.seedsforfood.org)  . This initiative, aiming at offering free seeds of food crops to hungry people in developing countries is a fantastic success, seeds of tropical and subtropical food crops being … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drylands, food / food security, Great Green Wall (GGW), hunger / famine, seedsforfood

Community Ice-Rink Crew Compensates for Water Usage (Nik RASULA)

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Seed drive established to help grow food in Africa Dec. 22, 2011. Calgary- Ice-rink builders in the northwest community of St. Andrews Heights, recently completed a seed drive to help compensate for the copious amounts of water used in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, seedsforfood

Seeds for Food to Gozo (Malta) – (Jacques GUEUNING / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Today, Belgian Jacques GUEUNING received a lot of seeds of vegetables and fruits.  They will soon be taken to the Island of Gozo (Malta), where these new species and varieties will be welcome to enhance the biodiversity on the island … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, seeds, seedsforfood, vertical gardening

Let the cargo ships in, but not the envelopes ! (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

On August 25, 2011,  I posted the following : The fear of pests imported with food by people, not by cargo ships  Posted on August 25, 2011 by Willem Van Cotthem Read at : http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/one-world-most-feared-pests-found-chicago-230341479.html One of the world’s ‘most … Continue reading →

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Bye bye famine ! (FRENCH / FRANçAIS)

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

http://www.planetfuture.org/accueil/campagnes/l-arche/ Programme de l’Arche à VivreS De Bonnes ActionS à votre portée pour VivreS, pour la planète, pour votre santé et pour sauver des Vies d’enfants de la malnutrition… Comment ? En mangeant des fruits ‘sains’ En récupérant et en … Continue reading →

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