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22 People & Organizations Working to Preserve Appalachia's Biodiversity
This fall, Food Tank and the Crop Trust traveled throughout Appalachia to highlight and celebrate its unique food cultures and agricultural diversity. As part of a multi-year, multi-country #CropsInColor campaign, we focused on...
14 Nov 2019
14 Nov 2019
Wild About Bananas
Hunting for Drought Tolerance in Papua New Guinea
Bananas were first domesticated in Southeast Asia, sometime between 5,000 and 8,000 BCE. They have since spread widely around the world. India alone consumes a quarter of the...
12 Nov 2019
From Coffee to Cosmetics
Companies are Looking for Ways to Protect the Plants Their Products are Made From
The number of plant species in the world is declining, and climate change is poised to reck further havoc on commodity crops. As shrinking natural...
11 Nov 2019
11 Nov 2019
The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino
This year the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 15, and will celebrate this anniversary at the upcoming eighth session of the Governing Body (GB-8) from 11-16 November. Over 700...
4 Nov 2019
4 Nov 2019
Marking the First 15 Years of Forever
The Crop Trust was founded in October 2004, with a goal to help build a global system of crop diversity conservation and use, and to fund it through an Endowment Fund that would make it a lasting reality.
This month, we are...
30 Oct 2019
30 Oct 2019
The Chef Keeping Appalachian Food for Appalachians
Emily Payne | Food Tank
“Comfort food is for cowards, that ain’t what we do here,” Chef Marion Ohlinger tells Food Tank. A 12th-generation West Virginian, Ohlinger was born and raised on his family farm and now owns Hill & Hollow...
30 Oct 2019
30 Oct 2019
How to Save Coffee From Climate Change
Climate change demands a food revolution. Faced with heat, drought, pests and diseases, the crops we eat every day could become relics in a generation or less, at least where they are currently grown.
Take coffee. Right now, the...
29 Oct 2019
29 Oct 2019
2019 World Food Prize celebrates Simon N. Groot, and the diversity of tropical vegetables
The 33rd annual edition of the World Food Prize has been awarded to Simon N. Groot, founder of the seed company, East-West Seed. The prize is the highest honor anyone working to advance food and agriculture can receive, but in his...
25 Oct 2019
25 Oct 2019
Pre-Breeding Work With Grasspea and Finger Millet Gets a Boost
Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving the attention they deserve. A new project led by the Crop Trust will help improve the...
2 Oct 2019
2 Oct 2019