A SHARED OPPORTUNITY
Whether impacted by catastrophic natural disturbances, such as wildfires, or direct anthropogenic disturbances, such as road-building (or both), our public forest lands are suffering from an attention deficit. And some of our most vulnerable communities, particularly Indigenous ones, are suffering as a result.
In compromised ecosystems, Indigenous communities are affected by having less land access for traditional uses, less habitat for fish and wildlife, less economic diversity, fewer job opportunities, declines in essential social services, and an increasing urban-rural divide.
A huge opportunity exists to regenerate northern communities and our landscapes while mitigating the climate crisis through high-impact carbon sequestration at a national scale.
That is the hope, and promise, of Seed.TheNorth.
OUR WORK
Our approach aims to dramatically increase regeneration of disturbed land through seeding Canada’s north; to boost germination rates; to make a statistically significant contribution to carbon sequestration; to restore soil health; and to ensure that forest communities are the principal beneficiaries of the regeneration of lands and waters they call home.
Our core business is biochar-based seed encasement, wild-stand seed collection, and drone dissemination.
Seed, aerially and manually sown in the late fall, grows into biodiverse landscapes in the spring.
Seed The North:
+ Develops biochar-based seed encasing, which make seeds drought-resilient and predation-resistant to increase germination rates in northern landscapes.
+ Sells wild-stand biochar-coated seed to tree nurseries and ecological restoration professionals while supporting those organizations to bolster their collection capacity and business models.
+ Hires and trains seed collectors and processors in northern communities, with a focus on Indigenous practices and Indigenous knowledge.
+ Collects, develops and disseminates these seeds with a carbon removal supply-chain.
+ Reduces industry emissions through biochar made from slash pile and other waste wood.
We do this with the free, prior and informed consent of the people who have lost the most from degraded landscapes, and have the most to gain from this initiative.
