They are the salt of the world. We got so much inspiration from PNG people who are one of the earliest horticulturists on the face of the earth. They feature prominently in Our Seeds the film documentary we produced on the keepers of plant diversity.
The peasant farmers of Papua New Guinea
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Dorothy village visionary in Makira
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Collecting banana varieties and species rare and endangered was Dorothy’s passion. She lived with husband a bush carpenter and...
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From pesticide pusher to Minister of Environment
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One of the initiators of Rio in 1992, Jose Luzenberger (1926-2002), met with us in Bonn, Germany in April...
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Stuart Owen Fox and Einstein
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Stuart Owen Fox 1942-2009, was an influential photographer for over 40 years who took a shine at Seed Savers....
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Alfredo Bonanno: prolific illustrator
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Alfredo grew all the plants so he had a life model to draw the hundreds of illustrations for the...
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Bill Mollison passed away peacefully in Tasmania.
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Bill was such a big part of our family and our children. Jude and Michel Fanton the founder of SeedSavers...
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Muhammad Ali Discovers Seed Savers in Cuba
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In 1996, Jude and me Michel happen to cross paths with a humanitarian mission led by Muhammad Ali and a...
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Dr. Vanaja Ramprasad
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We met Vanaja at a seed meeting with Vandana in Inida and we became friends. She invited us to...
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Miriam Makeba loves seed freedom
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Miriam Makeba the champion of freedom who was married to a Black Panthers, felt that seed belong to peasant...