Cumberland seed, Commons spring convening

The CUMBERLAND SEED COMMONS (CSC) will be holding its 2024 Spring Convening designed for farmers, seed savers, members, partners, researchers, and supporters during four grand days April 20-23, 2024 in Madison County Kentucky. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of county, state, or country of residence.

The 2024 Cumberland Seed Commons Spring Convening is an educational gathering of farmers, primarily from the Southeast region, with the focus on seeds and their foundational role in thesustainable agriculture movement. Participants will learn about: seed history in the USA, USDA seed vaults, seed farming, seed saving, seed sovereignty, seed research, seed rematriation, Indigenous and African American cosmology of seeds as well as seed diversity and seed adaptation as a necessary pathway of building community resilience as we are challenged by decreasing biodiversity, environmental degradation and climate change.