Save seeds, send life

 

Ever found yourself preparing a meal and ridden yourself of the seeds in the thrash?
Thinking later on: "Would be nice to have a pepperbell plant". Then, after buying rather expensive seeds only to find they're the same as what you've thrown away so easily?
 I have.

If only we could make someone happy with this abundance of seeds that are otherwise thrown away.

Someone did make others happy with it, fought hunger in the most arid places, fighting desertification, hunger and even GM-food as a bonus. (GM seeds aren't fertile)
Not by keeping them dependent of assistance but by giving them life at the most minimum of costs or efforts.

Here's how:

WE COLLECT THE SEEDS OF VEGETABLES AND TROPICAL FRUITS

(1) The autumn-winter season (September-January), when vegetables such as lettuce, beets, carrots, onions and parsley can be grown.

(2) The spring-summer season (February-August), which is too hot for vegetables, but when a variety of tropical fruits such as melons, pumpkins, peppers, avocados, papayas and eggplants can grow.

As the purchase of commercial seeds is too expensive, we ask that you send us the seeds from the fruits and the vegetables that you and your family use at home.

Simply follow the five steps listed below;

1. Rinse the seeds with water.
2. Allow the seeds to dry on a plate (not on a piece of paper as paper sticks to the seeds).
3. When dry, sort the seeds by species and place them in an envelope.
4. Label each envelope with it's appropriate species name.
5. Mail them to the address below.

Contact Information:

Mailing Address:

Professor Dr. Willem van Cotthem

Beeweg 36

B-9080 Zaffelare, Belgium

For more information: http://www.seedsforfood.org/
Seeds for Food is not requesting any financial aid or assistance.

To magnify the impact of this project, help by creating awareness, share the article at the C2NN (http://www.care2.com/news/member/343293987/2312150), share this pledge(http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/saveseedssendlife/) , make a pamphlet (I've made small cards to share in my local eko-store) or whatever you can concoct to help Prof van Cotthem banishing hunger for any specie.

Save your seeds; send life.

Thank you for reading this and please make this small effort.