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01.02.202301.02.2023

Food Preservation and the Hunger Season

Did you know that globally, over one third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted? In developing agricultural communities this statistic can reach over 75 percent of a farmer’s yield. This difference in percentage is due to

14.12.2022

Resiliency Gardens to Support Ukrainian Displacement

Greetings from SPI! We are excited to share with you some updates about our programs in Poland and Ukraine. Sadly, Russian hostilities continue in Ukraine, causing close to 1.4 million Ukrainians to seek refuge in Poland and 7 million

16.11.2022

Community Gardens Across the Country

Greetings from SPI! We are happy you’re here and want to support community gardens across the US. With 13.8 million Americans struggling with food insecurity, and roughly 39.5 million Americans living in food deserts, supporting and spearheading community gardens

08.11.2022

School gardens in the slums of Kampala, Uganda

Connecting kids to where their food comes from hosts a myriad of benefits–cultivating a sense of place, curiosity and discovery, getting them engaged with the outdoors, and promoting health eating habits. This is even more impactful and important for

04.08.202204.08.2022

We all know about food waste. What about seed waste?

Which came first, the vegetable or the seed? Regardless of how we answer this question, without seeds, our grocery stores would have barren produce aisles. We have all heard about food waste. According to the USDA, between 30 and

12.02.202209.08.2022

Simple Self-sufficiency: Garden lessons from abroad

As the pandemic continues to disrupt the ways we’re accustomed to bringing food into our homes, we’ve seen a big increase of interest in home gardening. For those new to growing vegetables, it can be tempting to overdo it

12.02.202209.08.2022

Vegetable Seed Supply and Selection in Humanitarian Response

Vegetable seeds are increasingly used to advance nutrition and income goals in humanitarian response. Understanding crop choice and how seeds aresourced and supplied can support these interventions. 1 Seed Supply: Commercial Worldwide, commercial vegetable seed supply is narrow, with

12.02.202209.08.2022

Saving Seeds: Factors to Consider

Saving vegetable seeds: Factors to considerDavid A. Bender, Ph.D.The development of agriculture from prehistoric times to the present was built on theselection, collection, and replanting of seeds from superior plants. Even in a time ofspecialized commercial seed production, advanced

12.02.202209.08.2022

Seed Saving

Saving Vegetable SeedsJulian HoyleSeeds of some vegetables can be saved. If the seed packet is labeled as “Hybrid”, seed should not be saved, because crops grown from those saved seeds will not always be the same as the hybrid

12.02.202209.08.2022

Adaptation of Vegetable Crops in Climatic Regions

Vegetable crops come from a wide range of plant families and regions of origin, so it is natural that some vegetables are better suited to a given location than others. Adaptability is affected by when the crop can be

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Food Preservation and the Hunger Season

Resiliency Gardens to Support Ukrainian Displacement

Community Gardens Across the Country

School gardens in the slums of Kampala, Uganda

We all know about food waste. What about seed waste?

Simple Self-sufficiency: Garden lessons from abroad

Vegetable Seed Supply and Selection in Humanitarian Response

Saving Seeds: Factors to Consider

Seed Saving

Adaptation of Vegetable Crops in Climatic Regions

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