Resources: Films and Books

Clearly written and illlustrated, the book gives practical guide for saving seeds in the villages of the Pacific.

This is a 90 page manual by Jude Fanton and Jo Immig, published by Seed Savers and available from this website. Written for teachers and parents, it covers how to install food gardens in schools and has practical suggestions for activities with several dozen websites listed for further research.

Clearly written and illlustrated, the book gives practical guide for saving seeds in the villages of the Pacific.

This classification system for small scale seed banks is based on the knowledge that we have as gardeners and cooks. It is the system we use here at Seed Savers in our seed bank for twenty years. While it does generally follow botanical nomenclature, it groups some unrelated plants by usage, such as Flowers, Herbs and those whose leaves are cooked and eaten, the Spinaches.

 Autumn 2008 newsletter as a pdf of 1.5Mb

 Our last hard copy newsletter ever! Spring 2009.

 In September 2008 Seed Savers released “Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi” , a fifty-seven minute film that celebrates traditional food plants and the people that grow them. 

Three minute trailer of "Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi"

"Our Seeds" addresses the problems of globalised food based on hybrids that require pesticides and synthetic fertilisers. The film shows how individuals and small groups have solved these problems. A celebration of the seed keepers that stand at the source of humanity's diverse food heritage.

DVDs available here for AUD24 within Australia and AUD31 outside Australia (equivalent to  15 Euros and USD18). These prices include airmail postage. Discounts for five copies or more.

 Powerpoint presentation of some 45 slides of why and how to have food gardens in schools.