Adèle Pautrat

2 weeks ago | znetwork.org | Adèle Pautrat

Where to find heritage grains likely to thrive in a Portuguese climate and soil conditions? This was the question asked by José…

3 weeks ago | arc2020.eu | Adèle Pautrat

Where to find heritage grains likely to thrive in a Portuguese climate and soil conditions? This was the question asked by José da Camara Ruas, when he reached out to Seeds4All a year ago. A farmer in training at the Kalo Organic Agriculture College of Denmark, José told us about the farming project he had just started with his partner and friend, Pedro Cabral, in the Alentejo region in south Portugal.

Jul 12, 2024 | resilience.org | Adèle Pautrat |With a degree

You’ve probably heard of people extending an olive branch – perhaps less common is offering up a leek. But that’s exactly what one farmer was doing outside the European Parliament one rainy Brussels day. Here, Seeds4All digs into why this leek symbolises the struggle for seed autonomy and why, together with two other farms, they pour so much energy into this. The cooperation project De Vroente is based in Sint-Lievens-Esse in the Flanders region of Belgium. Report by Adèle Pautrat.

Jun 30, 2024 | arc2020.eu | Adèle Pautrat

You’ve probably heard of people extending an olive branch – perhaps less common is offering up a leek. But that’s exactly what one farmer was doing outside the European Parliament one rainy Brussels day. Here, Seeds4All digs into why this leek symbolises the struggle for seed autonomy and why, together with two other farms, they pour so much energy into this. The cooperation project De Vroente is based in Sint-Lievens-Esse in the Flanders region of Belgium. Report by Adèle Pautrat.

May 24, 2024 | resilience.org | Adèle Pautrat |With a degree

Saving seeds and preserving genetic resources goes hand in hand with the crucial question of legacy – of what we pass on to those who, after us, will work the land and feed the people. But legacy does not stop at seeds, and in this article we move away from cultivated biodiversity as such to address the broader, but intrinsically linked, issue of passing on knowledge onto new generations.