Our Projects
Since our mission is to preserve ancient Palestinian crop varieties, it is now clear we must focus a large part of our work on preserving seeds outside of Palestine. To this end, we have launched the Seed Protectors Project, to get seeds into the hands of trusted friends, both Palestinian and non-Palestinian, who live in safety and security elsewhere in the world. For now, participation is by invitation only. Our main institutional partners as of this writing include our friends at Experimental Farm Network, Hudson Valley Seed Company, Truelove Seeds, and Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance.
Even after just one year of the Seed Protectors Project (2024), it has become clear to us that PHSL would benefit greatly from a permanent ex situ home for the collection and for our various activities related to seed conservation, food production, and cultural education. We are open to invitations to collaborate, offers of potential land to be donated to the Library, and equipment, supplies, expertise, financial resources, etc., to help us fulfill this need. We have made no decisions yet about where such a home should be located, as political instability and uncertainty are rising in countries around the world. But the bottom line is that we’re seeking a long-term diasporic home and open to various possibilities.
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PHSL is an interactive art and agriculture project that also aims to start conversations, exchange knowledge, and share the stories of food and farming that have been buried away, waiting to sprout like seeds.
