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Ukraine’s At-Risk Farmers to Get Seed Capital From Crops in US
Nate Kleinman gathered seeds for Ukrainian crops including winter squash, sunflower, and medicinal herbs, with plans to cultivate them this spring on his New Jersey farm. Then Russia attacked his ancestral homeland.
“I realized...
14 Jul 2022
The Bean That Could Withstand Hurricanes
Daniel Debouck doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he says he saw one once... or rather a ghost species.
Debouck, the former head of the genebank at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical...
13 Jul 2022
Climate Funding to Support Pacific Seed Crops
The New Zealand government is putting NZD 10 million of its NZD 1.3 billion climate aid fund towards conserving Pacific crop seeds and researching climate-resilient varieties.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Affairs...
12 Jul 2022
Climate Change Is Shifting How Plants Evolve. Seed Banks May Have to Adapt, Too
The ancestor of your stir-fry might be growing closer than you think. Wild field mustard, or Brassica rapa, is an unassuming plant that reaches a couple of feet tall and produces clusters of small, yellow flowers perched atop...
7 Jul 2022
Artists For Plants and Svalbard Global Seed Vault Launch "Seeds Planting Art" International Call
The 2022 Artists For Plants international call is focused on artworks dedicated to seeds.
23 Jun 2022
Support for National Genebanks Underway
Seeds maintained in genebanks worldwide are the foundation of our future food and nutrition security.
16 Jun 2022
Sir Peter Crane's Reflections on the Last Year
After three years as Chair of the Executive Board of the Crop Trust, Sir Peter Crane is retiring and Catherine Bertini, a World Food Prize Laureate, will assume leadership. In his final letter in the Crop Trust annual report,...
14 Jun 2022
The Race Against Time To Breed a Wheat To Survive the Climate Crisis
Scientists are testing forgotten wheat varieties from across the world to find those with heat- and drought-tolerant traits.
12 Jun 2022