Rural Voices - Seed Sovereignty and the Welsh Grain Rebels

Welcome to Rural Voices, our new monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!

Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast made with locally sourced produce from September House smallholding, Till Valley Eggs and more (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available). Then, whilst you drink a cup of fresh-ground coffee, enjoy a talk exploring our theme of Rural Creative Communities. We are inviting a range of fascinating speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who all share an interest in rural communities and the many varied ways we can find collective strength and resilience.

In April, we'll be joined by the Gaia Foundation who will bring members of their Seed Sovereignty team - hot on the heels of opening an incredible exhibition about food and farming in Bristol as part of their We Feed the UK project. Heading up the talk will be the Wales Seed Sovereignty coordinator Katie Hastings. Katie has been working with her rebel grain network Llafur Ni over several years, to rediscover and grow rare oat seeds across a patchwork of Welsh farms.  This project connects modern farmers to ancient grains, in collaborations that include herbalists, chefs, musicians and more, all committed to preserving and nurturing biological and cultural (bio-cultural) diversity which is one of the core aims of the Gaia Foundation. We are over the moon to be welcoming these stories and conversations to Rural Voices.

Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.

N.B. Our original speaker for April, Merlin Labron-Johnson, has had an urgent situation come up and unfortunately needed to postpone his talk until the summer months.  When we confirm the revised date we will share this with everyone who has booked for this talk before advertising it more widely! 

BOOK NOW! Tickets are just £12.50 (discounted to £10 for Horningsham residents - use the code 'horningsham' at check out). All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.

If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com