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SEEDS Garage is full
Sep 01, 2018
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Thank you to everyone who has donated gently used items to SEEDS Garage Sales Store but we are full to bursting. We have to gear down to fit into our 300 sq ft. space when the snow flies so we will be very selective as to what we will accept. Please feel free to donate your items to a
Read MoreCrop Calendar-Plan ahead so you know when to plant!
Aug 11, 2018
Below is a Crop Calendar to know when to plant and to expect your harvest in the areas we work in Zambia. Have a look at the calendar below to plan when you will plant your next crop. The upper part of the chart is for Chipata & Katete, the middle and lower sections of the
Read MoreElephants released into the wild
Jul 17, 2018
I met the three beauties, Zambezi, Nkala & Musilalli who are now at The Lilayi Elephant Nursery in Lusaka Zambia. I am so pleased to hear, after their amazing care at Lilayi, the older two Njanji And Kakaro have been released into a wild heard. Here is the story from Game Rangers
Read MoreSleeping with your crops
Jul 05, 2018
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Have you ever imagined having to sleep on a raised platform with a mosquito net so you could scare elephants away from your crops during the night? It is quite a common practice that farmers in Africa will have plots of land quite far from where they live with their families. In Afric
Read MoreBendale B.T.I.-Seeds arrived in Zambia
Jun 13, 2018
Thanks in part to Bendale B.T.I , on June 8, 2018, approximately 112,380 Non-GMO fruit and vegetable seeds arrived in two cities in Zambia. The Silozi Seed Bank and Trees for Elephants in Mongu, the most western part of the country and The Ngoni Seed Bank And Trees for Elephants in Ch
Read MoreStart your summer right- Help us win $10,000.00
Jun 03, 2018
Every $1 donated* to our charity IN JUNE earns our organization a chance to win a $10,000 donation (minimum $3 donation required). The challenge begins June 1, 2018 at midnight Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) and ends on June 30, 2018 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The
Read MoreGDPR comes into effect today: how we are protecting personal data
Hello Readers, We would like to tell you about our updated data protection features. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation comes into effect on May 25th 2018 and we at Socio-Economic And Environmental Development Solutions (SEEDS) want to ensure that our communication
Read MoreSEEDS Chipata-The Ngoni Seed Bank & Trees for Elephants
May 09, 2018
Our newest location is up and planting! It is wonderful how life goes and the connections we make. I met Paul, our manager at SEEDS Chipata-The Ngoni Seed Bank & Trees For Elephants back in 2014. I had seen his family in a documentary while watching TV here in Canada and contacted
Read MoreFeeding Conservation Officers
Apr 12, 2018
In order to ensure that our wild animals are taken care of we need to feed the officers. By growing their own food, money saved on food to feed the officers will be money spent on other necessities to stop poachers from killing the animals in the parks. SEEDS is sending Non-GMO vegeta
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