Organise a community seed library and annual seed swap

Keep local varieties circulating hand to hand

The Solawi network seed sovereignty pages promote community seed libraries: labelled jars, simple borrowing rules, and an annual swap where growers trade what saved true in their soil.

What you can do

• Read the Saatgut (seed) resources and pick varieties suited to Munich's climate
• Host a winter swap at a library or community centre with variety notes and sowing tips
• Link your library to a Solawi farm so field trials feed back into the catalogue

How it works

Stewards catalogue donations, check germination, and enforce "grow, save, return" rules. Swaps stay small and neighbourly so beginners leave with something they can actually sow in spring.

Why it matters

Community seed stocks protect diversity industrial catalogues skip and keep adaptation local.

Source & repost

Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it.
Source: Netzwerk Solidarische Landwirtschaft.