There will be a seed swap on Sunday, 17 April, with street demonstrations planned the following day. If you live anywhere nearby, please consider coming.
I’ve been helping with the planning for this, and will be sharing a table at the seed swap with the Danish Seed Savers. I would love to meet some of you! To be clear, the seed swap means FREE SEEDS. You don’t have to offer anything in return, and there are no per packet costs or entrance fees like some other seed swaps.
More than 50 organizations have registered to attend, from at least Germany, Denmark, France, Austria, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Poland.
Farmers from India and Turkey will be present to explain the seed saving situation in their countries, and how intellectual property rights legislation interferes with their rights to do this.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter will also attend via video conference.