The mission of SeedChange is to build food sovereignty by working with partners to enhance biodiversity, promote ecological agriculture and counter inequity.Its work serves to help farmers build and maintain strong rural communities thanks to resilient family farms and healthy ecosystems.SeedChange also works to influence global food production policies that protect farmers' rights and nurture fertile landscapes, regenerating the water, soils and vegetation that humans, plants, and animals depend on.[3] SeedChange was founded as the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada in 1945 by Lotta Hitschmanova, a Czech refugee who had fled the Nazi occupation in Europe and was determined to help victims of war rebuild their lives.[5] Her distinctive Czech accent as she pronounced USC Canada's address, 56 Sparks Street, Ottawa, became an unforgettable signature.
Sebastiana Montan is a small-scale farmer in Panacachi, Bolivia who works with SeedChange. (Photo: Kath Clark/SeedChange)
