Editing Seed saving (section)

== Seed sovereignty ==
Seed sovereignty can be defined as the right "to breed and exchange diverse open-sourced seeds."<ref>{{cite web |title=Seed Sovereignty |url=https://www.seedsovereignty.info/ |website=Seed Sovereignty |publisher=The Gaia Foundation |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524173812/https://www.seedsovereignty.info/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It focuses largely on the [[Plant breeders' rights|rights]] of individuals to be able to save seed, and be independent from major seed companies.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Winter |first1=Lauren |title=Cultivating Farmers' Rights: Reconciling Food Security, Indigenous Agriculture, and TRIPS. |journal=Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law |date=Jan 2020 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=223–254}}</ref> Seed sovereignty activists point to seed saving as an important practice in building food security, as well as restoring agricultural biodiversity.<ref>{{Citation |title=TEDxTC - Winona LaDuke - Seeds of Our Ancestors, Seeds of Life |date=4 March 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNlel72eQc |access-date=2023-04-24 |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517021245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNlel72eQc |url-status=live }}</ref> Activists also draw attention to the cultural importance of seed saving practices, especially their role in maintaining traditional plant varieties.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Native Seed Revolution |url=https://www.nativeseedpod.org/podcast/2018/episode-1-the-natural-law-of-seeds |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=The Native Seed Pod |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417073534/https://www.nativeseedpod.org/podcast/2018/episode-1-the-natural-law-of-seeds |url-status=live }}</ref> It is closely connected to the [[food sovereignty]] movement and [[Food Justice Movement|food justice movement]].