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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

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

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

Our manager in Kalabo told me in 2017 that farmers would walk for 9 hours to come and pick up a bushel of his tomatoes. Mualuka had over 3000 tomatoes plants. Can you imagine walking 9 hours there and 9 hours home to get a bushel of tomatoes so you could have some thing to eat and see

Fredrick,  our manager in Mongu and I laugh as we occasionally have to remind each other of things we have forgotten or done since 2011 when we first met. Fredrick is 62 years old now and I am 60 and even though we keep the best records we can,  we some times have to ask each other to

We are pleased to announce our first anniversary on Feb. 6, 2018. What a great year we have had! From Feb.6th, 2017 to Feb.8th, 2018 SEEDS Garage Sales has made $13680.81, minus our rent and a few expenses. Therefore 94% of what we collect goes directly to our projects, The Silozi See

We at SEEDS have the pleasure of working with the staff,  students and Student Advisory Council from Bendale B.T.I. within their Sustainability and the Environment project. This project is a Save seeds for Africa initiative, and we at SEEDS have the pleasure of being the recipient of

November here in Canada means harvest, root vegetables, warm meals and hunkering down for the winter. November in Zambia means hot hot weather, hopefully the rains come and planting a lot of seeds. It is always a rush for me to get the pumpkin seeds dry so I can send them to Zambia. I

Teachers Laurie Sanderson & Stephanie Reisler and their grade 3 students at Earl Haig Public School in Toronto created the film below with Planet in Focus,  http://planetinfocus.org/,   to educate adults and students on what Upcycling is and the benefits of doing so.  Laurie Sande

SEEDS Mongu had a surprise visit from a group called Mother Earth. They brought various local tree seeds and offered to work together to share some knowledge of these trees and the wonderful Moringa tree. They were the lead farmers from Kaande, Itema, Mweke, Ilundu and Maowa which are