A rye that belongs to all of us
Crowdfunding successfully finished
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Seed as commons and available for all enables diversity and self-determination. We are financing a free rye variety – and that's just the beginning.
OpenSourceSeeds accompanies breeders in the development of new, sustainable crop varieties – important work of independent plant breeders that often takes many years and whose financing is not secured in the long term. With this project and together with you, we can make the breeding of a new rye variety possible, and for the first time as a community. Let's invest together in the future of organic farming!
Funding period
5/3/22 -
6/11/22
Realisation
In Progress
Minimum amount (Start level): 30,000 €
The first-ever crowdfunding of a new cereal variety protected as a commons for all - specifically, a new rye from an organic breeding company.
City
Marburg
Category
Agriculture
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Cooperations
Culinaris – Seed for Food
Culinaris is a young organic seed initiative with a focus on varieties that thrive under low-input conditions. Some of the varieties were developed in research projects, including the open-source tomatoes.
Biogartenladen
With its products, the family business wants to encourage people to plant kitchen gardens again, especially edible gardens, for the benefit of people and the environment.
Beetfreunde
The 'Beetfreunde' are an online community with a passion for gardening that wants to inspire others to grow more food themselves again. In their shop you only find products that have convinced the owners themselves, e.g. open-source seeds.
Raimund Biogartenbedarf
Raimund Biogartenbedarf is a mail order company specialising in ecological and sustainable garden products under the motto ""Good things for discerning gardeners" and therefore also offers open-source seeds.
Ernährungsrat Köln und Umgebung
It was founded in March 2016 as the first 'Ernährungsrat‘ (food council) in Germany and aims to strengthen regional cycles and awareness of the value of food and sustainable agriculture - e.g. by creating its own open-source bread for Cologne!
VARIETAS
is a small plant breeding company in Weiach (Switzerland) that works with tomatoes, potatoes and other vegetable varieties. The varieties are specifically for the organic and permaculture market. VARIETAS has developed our open-source potatoes!
