All About Seed Libraries with Rebecca Newburn Ep 191

About this episode

Amy Bolduc (Fagan) interviews Rebecca Newburn about the importance and impact of seed libraries.

I absolutely loved talking with Rebecca Newburn, the Founder of the Seed Library Network! Past podcast guest and friend Ranya Dube connected us after a workshop that Ranya hosted and Rebecca spoke in. I remember hearing recently that I think it was Israel that destroyed Gaza's national seed library, which got my mind wanting to learn more about seed libraries, and why that mattered so much. I had heard of seed libraries, but I didn't know really anything about them. But Rebecca does, and now ...

People in this episode

Host: Amy Bolduc (Fagan)

Guest: Rebecca Newburn

Topics covered

• seed libraries
• community gardening
• sustainability
• education
• food security

Keywords

• seed libraries
• Rebecca Newburn
• community
• gardening
• sustainability
• food security
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seed Library Network

Places: Israel, Gaza

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