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08.09.202308.09.2023

Poetry for School Gardens

Do you like poetry? Do you appreciate its ability to create multisensory meaning and understanding to issues and challenges? Join us for our Poetry for School Gardens event.Seed Programs International (SPI) is partnering with Hunger X Poetry and Sustainable

30.08.202331.08.2023

Planting Season in Ukraine and Poland

The planting season is underway in Ukraine and Poland and our partners are creating gardens throughout the two counties. Did you know that gardening and the social interactions associated with gardening in groups have been documented to improve the

29.06.202330.06.2023

Uganda Visit 2023!

Seed Programs International (SPI) Board of Directors member, Ton Van Der Velden, had an opportunity to travel to Africa in March to represent SPI. While there, one of his stops was to Uganda to visit with our partner Sustainable

08.06.202329.06.2023

Kenya Visit in 2023!

02.06.202329.06.2023

Senegal Visit in 2023!

Seed Programs International (SPI) Board of Directors member, Ton Van Der Velden, had an opportunity to travel to Senegal, Uganda, and Kenya in March to represent SPI. While there, he attended the African Seed Trade Association conference in Dakar

26.05.202326.05.2023

Growing gardens in South Sudan

Across East Africa the first growing season of the year is well underway. In South Sudan specifically, vegetable seeds were recently sewn in nurseries and then transplanted into gardens. We are happy to report that gardens are underway! In

06.04.2023

Fighting Drought and Famine in Ethiopia

Seed Programs International (SPI) is continuing to partner with Grow East Africa (GEA) to improve food security and household income in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's (SNNP) region of Ethiopia. SPI has partnered with GEA since 2016 to