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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores duplicate copies of most of the crop diversity in the world. As part of the Our Planet Project, a four-year collaboration between Netflix, Silverback Films and WWF, former Crop Trust Executive...

Emily Payne | Food Tank

A quality cider is the result of a fine-tuned recipe, with each apple variety contributing a certain component to the final product, Michael Gutensohn tells Food Tank. Gutensohn is Assistant Professor of...

Scientists are collaborating with farmers in Vietnam in a new project which is striving to develop improved varieties of rice which can withstand the challenges of climate change by tapping into the genetic diversity available in...

“Them Crow Eggs, Bellflowers, Staymans, Limbertwigs, they're all sweet little cuties, but there ain't no apple in this world like a Virginia Beauty.” -- Jim Veteto

Jim Veteto strums a self-penned ode on his guitar, a jar of...

Food of the future was the hot topic at the inaugural Food Forever Solutions Summit earlier this month in Washington, DC. Hosted by Foreign Policy in partnership with the Crop Trust and the Food Forever Initiative, it brought...

The Crop Trust kicks off a new project funded by the German government.

Come on, sir; here’s the place: stand still. How fearful

And dizzy ’tis, to cast one’s eyes so low!

The crows and choughs that wing the midway air

Show scarce so gross as beetles: half way down

Hangs one that gathers samphire,...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

It is with a heavy heart that I write my last Marie’s Corner as Executive Director of the Crop Trust. I’ve had the privilege to serve this organization for almost seven fantastic years. I’ve loved...

Dan Collyns | The Guardian

With a climate changing faster than most crops can adapt and food security under threat around the world, scientists have found hope in a living museum dedicated to a staple eaten by millions daily: the...