How do we protect the living diversity that sustains us?
In this third webinar of our Nordic Seed Series, we focus on community-based seed conservation — from seed banks to living collections and the stories that connect them.
Karin Jansson, Holma Folkhögskola: “Seeds to the People” — how education and curiosity can make seed saving accessible for everyone.
In this session, Karin Jansson shares her experience of weaving seed saving into organic vegetable education.:” In my work as a teacher in organic vegetable gardening at Holma folkhögskola in the south of Sweden I have also started to include seed saving. I have now had several courses in seed saving during the past 8 years and I constantly have to ask myself how seed saving can be interesting and understandable for the broader public. The courses have led to free seeds to all our students and many projects in seed conservation and amateur breeding.”
Karin’s story highlights how education and community practice can become powerful tools for guarding diversity — nurturing both seeds and the relationships that help them thrive.
Ove Möller, NordFrö / Fröverkstan: “Local Seeds, Shared Stewardship” — building networks of small-scale growers to strengthen regional seed sovereignty.
In this session, Ove Möller will present how a distributed network of small growers can revitalize regional seed sovereignty. Drawing on his experience initiating Sweden’s only 100 % Swedish-grown vegetable seed enterprise, he will share insights into how to structure collaboration among small‐scale producers, maintain quality control, manage variability in seed production, and ensure economic viability. He will also discuss how regenerative practices, transparency (labeling origin), and a hub-and-spoke model help link local seed conservation to resilient community ecosystems.
Ove Möller is co-founder of NordFrö, established in 2019, which markets exclusively Swedish-grown vegetable seeds through collaboration with a network of small seed growers. Under his leadership, NordFrö applies regenerative cultivation, traceability, and small‐scale production models, and has also created Fröverkstan, an economic association for seed producers. His work emphasizes that seed systems should be regional, resilient, and grounded in transparent, community‐based infrastructure.
The webinar will start with a short intro about conservation work in the three seed savers organisations, which are important members of Nordic Seed Alliance:
Guri Bugge from KVANN (Norway), Marianne Käfer from SESAM (Sweden), and Louise Windfeldt from Frøsamlerne (Denmark).
Together we explore how to guard diversity, nurture connections, and imagine shared Nordic infrastructure for resilient seed systems.
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Nordic Seed Alliance er et spirende samarbejde mellem blandt andet Foreningen Frøsamlerne, Permakultur Danmark, Praktisk Økologi, KVAN i Norge og SESAM i Sverige.
Vi arbejder for frøsuverænitet, biodiversitet og fællesskabsbaserede frøsystemer – fordi frø og plantemateriale er grundlaget for både vores mad, vores kultur og vores fremtid.
Med denne webinarserie inviterer vi alle medlemmer og interesserede til at mødes online og dele erfaringer, hente inspiration og samskabe ideer til fremtidens nordiske frøbevægelse.
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