Our Sacred Duty On Earth

Gardening is gateway activity. Seed saving, like chicken raising, is an inevitable consequence.

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“There’s a garden revolution going on,” says Vandana Shiva, the world’s leading seed-saving activist

The event is much like a farmers’ market, but the goods are delivered in small packets, not in bushels or baskets. 

“Everyone’s swapping seed. It’s our sacred duty on earth.”


There’s one more reason to do it, Shiva says: “Taste. It’s a long-honoured tradition: we save seed for taste, nutrition and health instead of industrial breeds that are made for profit and for yield.”