Kokopelli is a non-profit association founded in 1999 by Dominique and Sofy Guillet. The association’s activists work for the liberation of seeds and humus, and the protection of food biodiversity. They bring together all those who wish to preserve the right to freely sow vegetable and cereal seeds. Kokopelli is represented in Belgium, Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Brazil.

Gardening editor Jane Perrone picks the gardening books that should be on your Christmas list. A good book is a vital part of the gardener’s winter survival kit: when you can’t get outside, you can dream big about next year, lose yourself in someone else’s plot or discover new plants from the comfort of your reading chair. Here’s a selection …

Navdanya has a network of seed keepers and organic producers and promotes agriculture sustainable, biodiversity, healthy food systems and food sovereignty along with the defending the rights of small farmers.

To be fit and healthy you need to be physically active. Regular physical activity can help protect you from serious diseases such as obesity, heart disease, cancer, mental illness, diabetes and arthritis. Riding your bicycle regularly is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of health problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle. Cycling is a healthy, low-impact exercise …

Tips for collecting seed Pick a healthy and vigorous plant to collect from. Don’t collect too soon – immature seeds will not germinate. Collect on a dry day. Look for seedpods which have changed colour from green to brown. Cut or pick the seedheads and lay them out to dry somewhere warm. If the pods aren’t fully open, then wait …

The Dreschflegel community consists of 14 organic farms in different parts of Germany with joint marketing by the Dreschflegel — Versand. Political work is also an important area for them. Dreschflegel is politically informed and intervenes in politics when necessary in addition to their supporting of breeding activities.

One-Pot Gourmet Gardener: Delicious container recipes to grow together and cook together Hardcover – May 15, 2015 How clever would it be to grow all the ingredients for an entire tasty dish in one garden pot? Well now you can, with The One-Pot Gourmet Gardener, which takes 25 contemporary and classic recipes and shows how to grow their ingredients in one …

The terms abound these days — agroecological, agrobiodiverse — but all involve taking some of the principles, processes and practices of organic farming and using them in farming more generally. Many of these initiatives also work on certified organic farms too. The initiative I attended was called Capsella (after the plant) and is about communities of practice — that’s farmers, …

We all intrinsically think that nature must be good for our health and happiness. A recent analysis of a large-scale nature challenge scientifically shows how important feeling part of nature is to our physical and mental health. There are a growing number of studies and campaigns putting forward evidence that a connection with nature makes us healthier and happier people, …