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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We love our nature and farming at Monty Lit Fest . Sometimes they need a bit of help. Enter Adam Alexander, the Indiana Jones of fruit and veg! @theseeddetective.bsky.social is on a quest to save our heritage produce. Chelsea Green Publishing Tickets and programme details at montylitfest.com

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

If Kenya can do it so can every nation in Africa and indeed the world. This success in Kenya shows how farmer-led seed initiatives can feed us all. www.tnx.africa/opinion/arti...

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Key anecdotes for Kenya and Africa's seed sector reforms

Kenya’s Seeds and Plant Varieties Act made smallholder farmers didn’t just win a legal battle, they reclaimed a piece of their dignity.

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Chelsea Green Publishing @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

What a wonderful list! 🎁💚 Ghosts of the Farm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social The Accidental Seed Heroes by @theseeddetective.bsky.social Wildcrafted Seeds and Grains by Pascal Baudar The Self-Fed Farm and Garden by Eliot Coleman Finding Lights in a Dark Age by @chrissmaje.bsky.social

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

So chuffed that this wonderful seed company is growing and selling the pepper that started me on my seed detective adventures. They have a great catalogue and you won’t be disappointed buying their seeds 😋 vitalseeds.co.uk/product/chil...

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Chilli - Adam's Sweet and Hot (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2026*** - Vital Seeds

Remarkable chilli/pepper variety of sweet flavour with a fruity heat. Discovered by Adam Alexander in a market in Donetsk, Ukraine in 1989, this sweet and gently spiced pepper has been grown in South ...

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I was really chuffed when Klára Hrdá from the Czech Republic asked me to sign a copy of my book The Seed Detective, which has been translated into Czech. We were attending the Let's Liberate Diversity Forum in Diekirsch, Luxembourg. She was there with her grassroots seed library programme Seminkovna

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I am delighted to announce that Barnes and Noble in the US and Canada are running a preorder discount promotion for my new book The Accidental Seed Heroes until 11th July. Visit their website and be sure to use the discount code PREORDER25

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

This is your chance to preorder my new book and save 25% @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder

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Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

On 4 June we are hosting a conversation between @theseeddetective.bsky.social and Dr. Sasha Woods of Earthwatch Europe and chaired by Dr Sarah Edwards of the Oxford Botanic Gardens to delve into how ordinary people can make extraordinary impacts oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/seeds-...

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Seeds of Change

Join us for the inaugural event in the Big Idea Talks series at the prestigious Natural History Museum Oxford, where we explore the incredible power of citizen.

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I was recently asked by Sally Flatman to join her on one of her podcasts to discuss the ingredients in my latest book The Accidental Seed Heroes. Hope you might find it interesting player.captivate.fm/episode/0d2c...

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The Accidental Seed Heroes

Quickly and easily listen to Our Plant Stories for free!

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

After just 48 hours these home saved Syrian courgette seeds have germinated. They are from a 2016 harvest of a variety I collected in Aleppo in 2011 and of a white type held by the Irish Seed Savers and given to me by Liam Gaffney. Interesting to see their different morphology and to cross.

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I am in conversation in this podcast and discuss reviving old seeds and how to save them. Enjoy! player.captivate.fm/episode/0b36...

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This is such an important story because the way to preserve and enrich crop diversity is to have living collections continually being grown. Seed libraries are great because seeds are shared, grown and returned. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith

Preservation can be a trap because seeds need to be saved – and also grown

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblo... This is a really excellent piece of news. If Kenya can stand up against the hegemony of the big agri-businesses who want to commodify and control IP of seeds then all of Africa (and the rest of us can).

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This Giving Season, Donate Before You Shop - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

(Beyond Pesticides, November 25, 2014) Please put charitable giving first this holiday season, and as you consider your donations, please take a close look at Beyond Pesticides’ program to protect hea...

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If you are in Cardiff on 22nd March I am giving a talk about the importance of celebrating and conserving Welsh veggies. It's free but do check in here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

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Exploring Welsh heritage dimensions of food and growing

Part of our Egin Spring Events | Rhan o'n Digwyddiadau Gwanwyn Egin

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The spring Equinox is my favourite day of the year because for the next 6 months days are longer than nights and also, my new book The Accidental Seed Heroes is published on this auspicious day too!

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DTA Wales | CYD Cymru @dtawales.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🌱 Just over a week to go | Ychydig dros wythnos i fynd 🌱 Led by Egin mentor Poppy Nicol with special guest speaker Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social ⏰ 1:30 – 4pm, 22/03 📍 Cathays Community Centre, Caerdydd 🎫 Free | Am ddim Book your spot now | Archebwch eich le nawr: buff.ly/oy9BLrs

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I love the SSE and am honoured to be included in their lineup of speakers at their virtual conference on 6th June. Sharing and maintaining the genetic diversity of locally adapted garden and farmer varieties is wonderful to embrace www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/r...

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Choosing Seeds From 14,000 Varieties? It Just Got Easier.

The Exchange, on Seed Savers’ website, pairs the people who save heirlooms with those who want them, all for the price of postage.

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The Growling pond. It is most definitely spring with love sick frogs filling the air with their passionate calls to win a froggy heart

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

If you want to save seeds for many years keep them dry, cool and in the dark. These 20+ years old chilli seeds have been kept in an envelope in an airtight box in my fridge

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The diversity of FVs so well illustrated with this Fava bean I found in Myanmar. Gast growing, hardy, early and delicious

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A rather lovely conjunction of Venus and the moon. Maybe the last time I shall see them this close for another month!

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

This is my first selection of capsicum seeds to chit for a crop in 2025. Some seed is 17 years old so keen to see germination rate 🤞🤞Into my propagator at 25 degrees!

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Some news I would like to share. My first book, The Seed Detective, was about where our veggies have come from and their place as history on a plate. My new book, The Accidental Seed Heroes, is about a counter revolution in breeding and conservation, which puts people, place, and planet first.

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

AFSA Officially Launches “Seed is Life” Campaign to Uphold Farmer Managed Seed Systems - AFSA. I am a huge fan of ASFA who are a voice of sanity across Africa and deserve to be heard and supported

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Delighted to be able to share the cover for my new book which is published by Chelsea Green in the UK in March and the US in September 2025

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property | Netherlands | The Guardian We need more of this!

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Parthenocarpy, the condition where a plant produces seedless fruits is common with aubergines (egg plants to my American friends). This fruit is Sorten Raven, (black raven in Danish), an open source cultivar bred by Søren Holt in Denmark to be grown outside. I have a few seeds left to try in 2025🤞

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Yum! With the climate warming and extreme weather more common growing this gorgeous chilli Capsicum pubescens (aka the Rocotto chilli) is my way of ensuring I can harvest fresh chillies in a cold greenhouse between June and February. It is a semi-hardy perennial, fruity with plenty of heat

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I met Peni Edeker at the WRFFC and was mightily impressed with a session she hosted on making biochar and bio fertiliser both at farm and garden scale. I have signed up for her course on 19th July. Others might find it a day well spent too

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Adam Alexander @theseeddetective.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My first post! I am attending the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference and hanging out with some great seed savers from the Wales Seed Hub who are growing local varieties for us all to enjoy. Hoping some delegates might like to buy our books too!

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