About Sovereign Seeds
Sovereign Seeds is a national Indigenous-led organization dedicated to the revitalization of Indigenous seed and
agricultural food sovereignty.
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We envision a world where Indigenous people are living thriving, ancestrally-guided food sovereignty and food culture realities for the health of our communities, our more-than-human relatives, and the territories we belong to.
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We create meaningful opportunities in cultural revitalization, entrepreneurship, and advocacy with and for Indigenous food leaders and learners. Through education offerings and leadership amplification, we strengthen Indigenous food sovereignty by supporting communities to restore, live, and steward their food cultures and systems.
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Our work is guided by the inherent and inherited right of Indigenous peoples to relationships with the land, ecosystems, teachings, and practices that comprise their cultural food systems. We ground our efforts in Indigenous ways of being and doing in our approach. We know the seeds and the food species we depend on as relatives that we have a responsibility to respect and protect. We honour the past and current legacies of existing community food leadership, and we understand our responsibility to uplift these voices and efforts.
our mission
our values
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Our Action Streams
cultural education & training
Tailored education and training opportunities for Indigenous people to (re)learn and apply cultural agriculture and seed keeping teachings and practices for healing and health, food security, and food sovereignty
food entrepreneurship & small agribusiness
Education and mentorship opportunities for Indigenous people to establish and grow cultural food and agribusiness endeavours with cultural economic values and community reciprocity
cultural seed distribution
Stewarding and producing cultural seeds on our farm site for free distribution to Indigenous initiatives and households
advocacy & amplification
Mobilizing and amplifying community voices in spaces impacting our food systems towards responsive policy priorities and multi-sector change
gatherings
Opportunities to exchange knowledge, identify shared challenges and goals, and strategize on issues impacting food sovereignty
research
Training and community-led collaborations to revitalize, strengthen, adapt, and develop cultural seed varieties