savers association type foundation founded 1991 headquarters scarriff area served ireland website www.irishseedsavers.ie irish seed savers association is an irish non governmental organisation founded in 1991 . the irish seed savers association maintains a seed bank with over 600 non commercially available varieties of seed . 1 contents 1 aims and tasks 2 see also 3 references 4 external links aims and tasks edit the irish seed savers association aims to 2 protect conserve and utilise irish plant genetic resources including rare heritage seeds grains vegetables and fruit . promote agricultural biodiversity for food security . educate the public on agricultural biodiversity and food security through information and workshops research seed grain vegetable and fruit varieties suited to ireland s temperate maritime climate . with its projects the irish seed savers association found and saved over 140 different types of irish apple trees and 25 native irish grains . 3 the irish seed savers association has a ten acre site with purpose built facilities native woodland and an apple orchard nursery . 4 irish seed savers association is a network partner of the european save foundation . 5 see also edit save foundation safeguard for agricultural varieties in europe semperviva prospecierara arca net references edit http irishseedsavers.ie about biodiversity conservation.php . retrieved on 5 july 2011 . irish seedsavers association website launch . heritage council . retrieved on 5 july 2011 . irish seed saver association . irish environmental network . retrieved on 5 july 2011 . stor siolta . arca net . retrieved on 5 july 2011 . our partners save foundation . retrieved on 5 july 2011 . external links edit irish seed savers association retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title irish seed savers association & oldid 647234012 categories agricultural organisations based in irelandsustainable agriculturehidden categories use dmy dates from january 2013use irish english from january 2013all wikipedia articles written in irish english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 11 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view