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December: Typhoon Long Term Recovery Fund Continues and Year End Reflections from the Team
November: Update from the Field, Nourish Highlights Video, and Posner Symposium Recap
October: Final Weeks of Discounted Nourish Tickets, Sargent Shriver Award, and Meet Farmer Ronel!
September: Save the Date for Virtual Nourish in November, Updates from the Field, and More!
June: Reflections from Our Founder and Welcome New Staff and Board Members
December 2020 Newsletter: Seeding New Beginnings and Happy Holidays
November 2020 Newsletter: A Call for Heroes During the Climate Crisis
September 2020 Newsletter: Seeds are the Past, Present, and Future
July 2020 Campaign Announcement
June, 2020: Happy Pride Month! Bringing People Together Through Seeds
April, 2020 Blog: Message from our Country Director- Aduyon Initiative
March, 2020: Unity Call Announcement
Blog Archive
Pride Month: Sowing the Seeds of Freedom
Feature Image: Karen, Jenny, and Kiki Krunch at Mt. Cloud. Image from North Luzon Pride at InstagramLast weekend, my partner and I were invited to be guests of a story-sharing Pride month event. We were honored to have been given the chance to talk about our...
Meet Anjanette, Our New Development Coordinator
You all will probably remember Anjanette Wilson as Graduate Fellow for Global Seed Savers. She joined us in that capacity last June 2021. After completing her Masters in Environmental Management from the Western Colorado University in May 2022, she has now joined GSS...
Witnessing Regenerative Agriculture at Kuatro Marias Eco Farm in Mindoro
It was late April of this year when I met Jon Sarmiento. If you read my previous post, then you would know that Farmer Jon served as our main speaker during a training on regenerative agriculture in Arapal Cebu. I was so enthused and curious by what he taught us...
Seeds: The Key To Open Doors
In an island close to our country’s capital is the community of the Tau-Buid, one of eight ethnolinguistic groups living on the island of Mindoro. In my short stay amidst the mountains of Mindoro, I have witnessed how people can live a life of generosity and abundance...
Report on GSS Activities, Some Highlights
Quarter 1 of 2022 has barely ended, but Global Seed Savers’ work is already in full swing. It’s as if we were all making up for the 2020 and 2021. Last March 15, 2022, we conducted the Food Sovereignty Launching in Tublay, Benguet. As part of the campaign, we have...
Reflecting on our Earth Day Celebrations
Why are we celebrating Earth day? I have always thought of it as a corporate gimmick which was geared towards getting more people to spend. But my research into the origins of Earth Day has led me to several insights. The first celebration of Earth Day was in the...