Seed Saving

Overview

Seed Saving is a fundamental component of regenerative village development. This guide synthesizes knowledge from re:build gatherings to provide practical insights for implementing seed saving in community projects.

Key Insights

Robotic seed spreading: While some practitioners aren't necessarily excited about robots doing most of the work, robotic seed spreading on eroded hillsides could be very important. Unfortunately, the poorest people globally are often those working these degraded lands.

Labor intensity: Planting seeds or pulling weeds is literally back-breaking work, which is why it's connected to the lowest life expectancy in many agricultural communities. Finding ways to reduce this labor burden is important.

Seed as foundation: Seeds are foundational—they represent the beginning of life and regeneration. Starting with basic resources like grain, food seeds, and materials for building creates the foundation for regenerative systems.

Seed location: Grains and seeds are typically located at the top of the plant, making them accessible for harvesting.

Collective seed heritage: Seeds that are utilized collectively have spiritual significance—they represent heritage passed down through every generation.

Seed innovation: Some practitioners lead seed-focused initiatives (e.g., seed brand studios) that work on preserving and developing seed varieties.

Forest regeneration: Understanding that a forest starts with a seed highlights the importance of seed saving and propagation for ecosystem restoration.

Best Practices

• And you can watch some videos that kind of dive into seeds
• That's going to absolutely be game changing in terms of how regional government typically the seed of power then look at realigning whole areas through this regenerative resilience
• Also the fiber by the way, the fiber of the plant and not the flower is the seeds, they are all super materials, super nutrients, materials, and fiber for textile very important about the whole, the footprint of the plant is absolutely off the charts

Implementation Guide

To implement seed saving in your regenerative village project, consider the following approach:

Implementation details to be added.