مكتبة البذور البلدية الفلسطينية

Part of the Fertile Crescent, Palestine is one of the world’s centers of crop diversity, particularly for wheat and barley (but also chickpeas, lentils, fava beans, flax, oats, and other crops). This biodiversity, which has sustained our people for millennia, is threatened by policies that target farmers and force them to give up not only their lands but also their heirloom seeds through compelling them to adopt new varieties that don't “know the soil”.

At PHSL, we believe that we are part of a global tapestry of people working together to save important crop varieties and to engage with the land as our sacred home and a place where we can acknowledge death and pain while designing beautiful new futures. Our heirloom seeds tell us stories, connect us to our ancestral roots, nourish our bodies and our souls, remind us of special meals our families once shared, and help us write new stories and imagine new possibilities for the generations to come. Our seeds carry our dreams of the past and our hopes for the future.