Irish Seed Savers Association is an Irish non-governmental organisation founded in 1991. The Irish Seed Savers Association maintains a seed bank with over 600 non-commercially available varieties of seed.

Aims and Tasks

The Irish Seed Savers Association aims to:

• Protect, conserve and utilise Irish plant genetic resources including rare heritage seeds, grains, vegetables and fruit.
• Promote agricultural biodiversity for food security.
• Educate the public on agricultural biodiversity and food security through information and workshops
• Research seed, grain, vegetable and fruit varieties suited to Ireland's temperate maritime climate.

With its projects the Irish Seed Savers Association found and saved over 140 different types of Irish apple trees and 25 native Irish grains. The Irish Seed Savers Association has a ten-acre site with purpose built facilities, native woodland and an apple orchard/nursery. Irish Seed Savers Association is a network partner of the European SAVE Foundation

SAVE Foundation

SAVE Foundation was founded 1993 as a European NGO that acts as an umbrella organisation for the conservation of agrobiodiversity in Europe.- Aims and Tasks :...

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See also

• SAVE Foundation
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• Semperviva
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• ProSpecieRara
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• Arca-Net
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