Seeds Fight HungerGardens give nutrition, income, and self-reliance.
Crisis RecoveryAfter disaster response: what’s next?
LivelihoodGardens grow income for education, medicines, tools.
Women’s EmpowermentWomen with resources and power can transform lives.
Success StoriesTiny seeds that made a big difference.
Partner OrganizationsSPI partners guide the way from planting to harvest to utilization.
Where SPI Seeds Come FromWe help top-quality vegetable seeds find new homes.
Where SPI Seeds GoWe’ve partnered in over 75 countries.
Are you social distancing at home with some extra time on your hands? Are you looking to become more self-reliant and stretch your food budget? Do you want to help provide life-giving resources for local non-profits, food banks, and other community support groups affected by this crisis?
In the midst of this global pandemic, we are all thinking of ways we can be more self-sustaining. A personal garden is a great way to have more control over where your food comes from and how you can access it.Gardens also help mitigate the stress that comes with everyday life. For many of us, our gardens are not only where we grow food, but a place to connect with the earth, witness new life, and heal our mind and body.
Global Gardeners grow vegetables in solidarity with gardeners throughout the world who are planting the same seeds to provide essential nutrition and self-sufficiency for their families. Many of our partners are already practicing innovative gardening solutions using the same seeds that you'll receive in your Global Gardeners package. When you subscribe as an Individual, we'll match every seed packet you receive with a packet that will be provided to one of our international partners.
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I'll be leaving the CEO role here at SPI this year, after 8 years. I am excited to pursue the next chapter in my working life, though I don't yet know that that will be. I am also excited for SPI to thrive under new leadership. Of course, the next months will be challenging at SPI as they will be for every business and non-profit, but we have plans and resources in place to reach the other side of the current global crisis stronger than ever, putting SPI's staff and partners on solid ground to carry us forward. I am grateful to have worked with many of you in enabling the harvest of millions of pounds of fresh vegetables worldwide. Thank you!
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Half the world still lives on less than $2 per day. On this budget, it can be impossible to sustain life. Malnutrition in the developing world causes dire consequences for nearly a billion people, 60% of them women and girls. Yet, there is hope for change as the majority of those who are hungry are farmers by trade, but lack the resources to grow their own food. In many developing countries, women in particular are well-positioned to lead families and communities out of malnutrition and poverty.
Hunger is overcome when people are empowered to produce their own food.
Seed Programs International provides quality seeds and critically-needed expertise to impoverished communities in developing countries. The strategy initiates a cycle of self-sufficiency that gives people resources they need to feed themselves. Extra vegetables are readily sold to bring household income. Gardeners are then able to cover school fees and supplies, garden equipment, and healthcare, furthering their ability to overcome poverty.
With SPI’s investment in their futures, people around the world are achieving better lives—for their families and their communities.
Become a Global Gardener and grow vegetables in solidarity with gardeners around the world!
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Seed Programs International
PO Box 9163
Asheville, NC 28815
+1-828-337-8632
Seed Programs Canada (Affiliate)
Registered Charity No. 839858107RR0001
Lombardy, ON
613-406-6100
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Seed Programs International (SPI) is a non-profit, tax exempt, non-governmental humanitarian organization.
We work thorough other humanitarian organizations, church groups, service clubs and individual donors, to provide quality seed to impoverished communities in developing countries enabling them to grow some of their own food. In addition to seed, SPI provides critical seed expertise and experience operating seed based self help programs.”
SPI is operated by individuals with over 50 years seed industry experience plus over 20 years experience in vegetable research and production. We also have 15 years experience operating programs that have successfully shipped seed to over 70 countries on five continents. SPI has shipped enough seed to plant over 1,000,000 vegetable gardens, providing more than 20 kinds of vegetables that are rich in vitamins and minerals often missing in people’s diets.
