Donating seeds to charity

NumboJumbo

Hi
I'm looking to donate some flower and vegetable seeds to charities, for possible use in Africa or wherever these seeds go to once they're given to charity.
Anybody know of such a charity which accepts seeds to give to other people, particularly 3rd world countries.

Thanks in advance.
Mike

Savvy_Sue

No, and I wonder if there would be problems with it because of all these tight regulations about people saving seed and growing from it? I don't really know a lot about it, have just heard it mentioned on the radio a few times, that there's been restrictions imposed, so that you're supposed to buy new seed each year. I mean, obviously it's not policed in everyone's back garden, but it might be tricky for a charity to do anything like this.

Plus, I imagine it must be difficult to certify your seeds eg as disease free, exactly what strain they are, indeed what they are! (I wouldn't know a bean from a brassica at the seed stage!)

I wonder if somewhere like the RHS would be able to advise you? They will surely know if it IS possible ...