We can use all seeds except for these
Apple
Avocado
Lemon
Green bell pepper (do send us the other colours)
Orange
Pear
Cherry
Peach
We can also use expired seeds from the shop. It means that they have less germinative capacity.
But we're happy with even only one plant from five seeds.
You can send the seeds to these addresses
Belgium
Stella Nysten
Caronstraat 61
2660 Hoboken
The Netherlands
Ilona De Jong
Asdonksestraat 10
6515 CC Nijmegen
Lida Adriaansen
Brunelstraat 35
9404 KA Assen
Paco en Lara Greven (Zaden en Zo)
Langezand 31
8223 WC Lelystad
Actions Vivres
Seeds for Food co-operates with Acions Vivres, a Belgian seed project.
You can find their collecting addresses in Belgium, France and Italy here.
Would you like to be a collecting address for Seeds for Food?
So you'd like to be a collecting address, but how does it work?
Objective
Collecting seeds, especially from exotic fruits but also from vegetables, and distribute them to development projects.
Conservation
The seeds are conserved at room temperature. They are selected by type in a bucket with a lid. You could get buckets for instance at your local snackbar.
How much space you need
This depends on how many seeds are sent in, but most of the time you need a few big shelves.
How to find projects
At first people just popped up, they knew someone who knew someone who worked on a development project.
Now we're finding projects through google. Look for projects situated in your country that work in a development country, preferably a project that sends people to the country once in a while so they can take some seeds with them. Send them an e-mail informing them of what we do and add the link of this website.
Send the seeds to the projects
The seeds can be sent to people that go visit a development project (shipping costs are paid up front by the receiver) or they can be picked up by them.
You can also send the seeds through ambassies.
Growing
The seeds from Seeds for Food are used all over the world. Most people in development countries are farmers and know what to do with the seeds, even in difficult ground.
Support
Everyone who works for Seeds for Food does this voluntarily. No one gets payed.
We support each other with tips and advice in a separate facebookgroup for collecting addresses.