If Kenya can do it so can every nation in Africa and indeed the world. This success in Kenya shows how farmer-led seed initiatives can feed us all. www.tnx.africa/opinion/arti...

What a wonderful list! 🎁💚 Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social The Accidental Seed Heroes by @theseeddetective.bsky.social Wildcrafted Seeds and Grains by Pascal Baudar The Self-Fed Farm and Garden by Eliot Coleman Finding Lights in a Dark Age by @chrissmaje.bsky.social

So chuffed that this wonderful seed company is growing and selling the pepper that started me on my seed detective adventures. They have a great catalogue and you won’t be disappointed buying their seeds 😋 vitalseeds.co.uk/product/chil...

Well worth a read and time for action edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...

I was really chuffed when Klára Hrdá from the Czech Republic asked me to sign a copy of my book The Seed Detective, which has been translated into Czech. We were attending the Let's Liberate Diversity Forum in Diekirsch, Luxembourg. She was there with her grassroots seed library programme Seminkovna

Delighted to be able to share a link to a podcast where I dived deep into the importance of diverse and locally adapted crops to feed us all. www.onebiteiseverything.com/seeds-rememb...

I am delighted to announce that Barnes and Noble in the US and Canada are running a preorder discount promotion for my new book The Accidental Seed Heroes until 11th July. Visit their website and be sure to use the discount code PREORDER25

This is your chance to preorder my new book and save 25% @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder

On 4 June we are hosting a conversation between @theseeddetective.bsky.social and Dr. Sasha Woods of Earthwatch Europe and chaired by Dr Sarah Edwards of the Oxford Botanic Gardens to delve into how ordinary people can make extraordinary impacts oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/seeds-...

Really looking forward to taking part in this important event. A date for your diary and you can register here: oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/seeds-...

I was recently asked by Sally Flatman to join her on one of her podcasts to discuss the ingredients in my latest book The Accidental Seed Heroes. Hope you might find it interesting player.captivate.fm/episode/0d2c...

After just 48 hours these home saved Syrian courgette seeds have germinated. They are from a 2016 harvest of a variety I collected in Aleppo in 2011 and of a white type held by the Irish Seed Savers and given to me by Liam Gaffney. Interesting to see their different morphology and to cross.

I am in conversation in this podcast and discuss reviving old seeds and how to save them. Enjoy! player.captivate.fm/episode/0b36...

This is such an important story because the way to preserve and enrich crop diversity is to have living collections continually being grown. Seed libraries are great because seeds are shared, grown and returned. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblo... This is a really excellent piece of news. If Kenya can stand up against the hegemony of the big agri-businesses who want to commodify and control IP of seeds then all of Africa (and the rest of us can).

If you are in Cardiff on 22nd March I am giving a talk about the importance of celebrating and conserving Welsh veggies. It's free but do check in here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

The spring Equinox is my favourite day of the year because for the next 6 months days are longer than nights and also, my new book The Accidental Seed Heroes is published on this auspicious day too!

🌱 Just over a week to go | Ychydig dros wythnos i fynd 🌱 Led by Egin mentor Poppy Nicol with special guest speaker Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social ⏰ 1:30 – 4pm, 22/03 📍 Cathays Community Centre, Caerdydd 🎫 Free | Am ddim Book your spot now | Archebwch eich le nawr: buff.ly/oy9BLrs

I love the SSE and am honoured to be included in their lineup of speakers at their virtual conference on 6th June. Sharing and maintaining the genetic diversity of locally adapted garden and farmer varieties is wonderful to embrace www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/r...

The Growling pond. It is most definitely spring with love sick frogs filling the air with their passionate calls to win a froggy heart

If you want to save seeds for many years keep them dry, cool and in the dark. These 20+ years old chilli seeds have been kept in an envelope in an airtight box in my fridge

The diversity of FVs so well illustrated with this Fava bean I found in Myanmar. Gast growing, hardy, early and delicious

A rather lovely conjunction of Venus and the moon. Maybe the last time I shall see them this close for another month!

This is my first selection of capsicum seeds to chit for a crop in 2025. Some seed is 17 years old so keen to see germination rate 🤞🤞Into my propagator at 25 degrees!

Some news I would like to share. My first book, The Seed Detective, was about where our veggies have come from and their place as history on a plate. My new book, The Accidental Seed Heroes, is about a counter revolution in breeding and conservation, which puts people, place, and planet first.

AFSA Officially Launches “Seed is Life” Campaign to Uphold Farmer Managed Seed Systems - AFSA. I am a huge fan of ASFA who are a voice of sanity across Africa and deserve to be heard and supported

Delighted to be able to share the cover for my new book which is published by Chelsea Green in the UK in March and the US in September 2025

‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property | Netherlands | The Guardian We need more of this!

Parthenocarpy, the condition where a plant produces seedless fruits is common with aubergines (egg plants to my American friends). This fruit is Sorten Raven, (black raven in Danish), an open source cultivar bred by Søren Holt in Denmark to be grown outside. I have a few seeds left to try in 2025🤞

Yum! With the climate warming and extreme weather more common growing this gorgeous chilli Capsicum pubescens (aka the Rocotto chilli) is my way of ensuring I can harvest fresh chillies in a cold greenhouse between June and February. It is a semi-hardy perennial, fruity with plenty of heat

I met Peni Edeker at the WRFFC and was mightily impressed with a session she hosted on making biochar and bio fertiliser both at farm and garden scale. I have signed up for her course on 19th July. Others might find it a day well spent too

My first post! I am attending the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference and hanging out with some great seed savers from the Wales Seed Hub who are growing local varieties for us all to enjoy. Hoping some delegates might like to buy our books too!