Category: News
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Working for Community
Recently the board at CSS has been hard at work lobbying the ACT Government for more support for us and likeminded, sustainable, organisations. While this isn’t usually part of board duties, we feel it’s important to speak up for our grassroots groups to get a fair share of funding and resources. Last month, board member…
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SEED SAVERS ONLINE FORUM: CONNECTING SEEDY PEOPLE ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Are you curious to learn more about seed saving? Do you have some tips and tricks and knowledge to share? A group of volunteers is building an online community for seed savers from across Australia to share knowledge and experiences, ask questions and give answers all about seeds and seed saving. It’s free to join…
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Meeting a seed saving legend
Seeds are the very living embodiment of heritage. They are the source of everything we eat (yes, even the carnivore’s meat is from animals that graze on flowering, seeding grasses/grains). Knowledge of saving seed has been foundational to human culture for thousands of years going back to the Fertile Crescent – and maybe even before…