SEED CARRIERS x Seeds4All
Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland
published in Fall 2025
4 Episodesca.70 min
Why liberate diversity? At the Let’s Liberate Diversity forum, people defend farmers’ seeds to protect local biodiversity and build resilient farming — from field to plate.
In Europe, seed trade is still ruled by 1960s laws that limit biodiversity and farmers’ seed sovereignty. We want to know how agroecological seed actors are affected — and what needs to be done to protect diversity.
An Italian seed grower on breeding for diversity, a Scottish farmer on training for seed sovereignty, and a Spanish agronomist on empowering municipalities to protect local biodiversity. We explore what seed diversity looks like in practice — and what it needs to take root, thrive, and reach our tables.
For too long the agroecological seed movement has been pushed to the margins by a dominant narrative that downplays its ability to feed communities and address today’s farming challenges. The voices we bring you offer another story…
SEED CARRIERS
Switzerland, Hungary, Austria
published in Summer 2024
3 Parts
ca. 104 min
Ever wondered what a seed really is? These tiny living entities hold the blueprint of life, giving us food, fibers, and more. While gene banks preserve seeds, field and plate diversity has dwindled, with just a few crops controlled by big corporations. So where did all that diversity go — and why don’t we think about it when we toss an apple core?
In Hungary’s Great Plains, József Hegyesi tends an orchard with 65 fruit tree varieties — a haven of diversity in a sea of monocultures. He preserves seeds on-farm, shares them, and shows the careful work of letting fruits fully mature. But who really owns these seeds, and how do farmers like József keep them circulating?
Humans and animals alike have shaped the domestication of plants — but what’s truly “wild” versus domesticated? In part three of Seeds As Time Capsules, we explore how crop diversity arose, the work of seed conservation, and why protecting seeds everywhere — not just in vaults — is vital.