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A rye that belongs to all of us

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387
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33,181 €
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Seed as commons and available for all enables diversity and self-determination. We are financing a free rye variety – and that's just the beginning.

OpenSourceSeeds accompanies breeders in the development of new, sustainable crop varieties – important work of independent plant breeders that often takes many years and whose financing is not secured in the long term.
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Funding period
03.05.22 - 11.06.22
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Minimum amount (Start level): 30,000 €
The first-ever crowdfunding of a new cereal variety protected as a commons for all - specifically, a new rye from an organic breeding company.
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Marburg
Category
Agriculture
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387 Supporter

Marco Epe
Marco Epe
1029 days ago
Mario Bauer
Mario Bauer
1029 days ago
Niels Wilkening
Niels Wilkening
1030 days ago
Nicola Prinz
Nicola Prinz
1030 days ago
Carolin Scheckenbach
Carolin Scheckenbach
1030 days ago
Thomas Kadyk
Thomas Kadyk
1030 days ago
Carolin Biedermann
Carolin Biedermann
1030 days ago
Annika Westphal
Annika Westphal
1030 days ago
Tanja Lutz
Tanja Lutz
1030 days ago
Daniel Schleinitz
Daniel Schleinitz
1031 days ago
Martin Wille
Martin Wille
1031 days ago
Moritz Peitsch
Moritz Peitsch
1031 days ago
Mona Knorr
Mona Knorr
1031 days ago
Sabrina Mechling
Sabrina Mechling
1031 days ago
Ferdinand Zeich
Ferdinand Zeich
1032 days ago
Christian Nähle
Christian Nähle
1032 days ago
Christian Nähle
Christian Nähle
1032 days ago
Alexander Ruoff
Alexander Ruoff
1033 days ago
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Biogartenladen

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Raimund Biogartenbedarf

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Culinaris – Seed for Food

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Beetfreunde

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VARIETAS

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Ernährungsrat Köln und Umgebung

It was founded in March 2016 as the first 'Ernährungsrat‘ (food council) in Germany and aims to strengthen regional cycles and awareness of the value of food and sustainable agriculture - e.g. by creating its own open-source bread for Cologne!

Biogartenladen

With its products, the family business wants to encourage people to plant kitchen gardens again, especially edible gardens, for the benefit of people and the environment.

Raimund Biogartenbedarf

Raimund Biogartenbedarf is a mail order company specialising in ecological and sustainable garden products under the motto ""Good things for discerning gardeners" and therefore also offers open-source seeds.