Let’s Liberate Diversity Forum to promote more diverse food systems
The annual Let’s Liberate Diversity Forum has established itself as an important event for those passionate about seeds and agrobiodiversity. At this year’s edition, knowledge, experience, and expertise converged and was added by the LiveSeeding project partners. The project was on the Forum’s agenda and LiveSeeding partners engage with a diverse audience through a series of workshops, such as a “Training of Trainers” workshop, building targeted capacity on at seed legislation, particularly the implications of seed law marketing reform on the organic sector, organized by Kybele Consultancy and IFOAM Organics Europe. Participants’ inputs the Forum’s contributed to various work packages of the project.
The Forum programme was rich and diverse, featuring 15 workshops and plenary sessions covering a wide array of topics, ranging from key issues on policy and legislations, including New Breeding Techniques (NBTs), the critical aspects of Seed Marketing Reform, and Farmers’ Rights, to sessions dedicated to Culinary Breeding and Seed Quality. It was another significant step towards cultivating a more diverse and resilient food system, empowering a wide variety of stakeholders and we look forward to the continued efforts and progress in this vital field.
The European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity! (EC-LLD!) organises the Forum every year. Its 12th edition was hosted by Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, in collaboration with the Irish Seed Savers Association (ISSA).
LiveSeeding is a 4-year Innovation Action on organic seed and plant breeding to accelerate sustainable and diverse food systems in Europe, which started in October 2022. It provides science-based evidence and best practice solutions to help achieve 100 % organic seed. The project has a budget of 6.6 million Euro, funded by the European Union, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). To deliver on such an ambitious goal, LiveSeeding brings together 37 organisations from a wide range of sectors operating in 16 European countries.
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