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Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Cows get a lot of bad press these days. They are blamed for climate change and deforestation and even unhealthy diets, as if it’s their fault that people like to scoff down...

Forages for the Future, Issue 2 now available! After publishing the first issue, there was an overwhelmingly, positive response. The subscription for the newsletter has now doubled and Bruce Pengelly and Brigitte Maass, two...

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

The job of the Crop Trust is to safeguard one of the world’s most important natural resources – namely plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. It is a big and many faceted responsibility....

Luigi Guarino| Director of Science and Programs

There’s a question I’m asked a lot when I give introductory talks about the Crop Trust: what do we have against in situ conservation?

“In situ” is a bit of unlovely jargon for the...

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

I have a list somewhere of all the crops that have, at one time or another, been called the “key” to healthy diets, and even to global food security. It’s a long list – but rye is...

I have a list somewhere of all the crops that have, at one time or another, been called the “key” to healthy diets, and even to global food security. It’s a long list – but rye is not on it. I don’t think anybody has ever accused...

Genebanks safeguard and make available the genetic diversity of our food crops. This is a critically important endeavor, but protecting and sharing plant materials – seeds, tissues in test tubes etc. – alone is not enough. Beyond...