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Eat Food? Choose Diversity!
Michael Pollan’s best-selling books and films raise awareness about where food in Western diets comes from, and why eating “real” food from diverse crops is so important.
Few writers have changed the way we think about food quite...
17 Jul 2025
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An Interview with the "Godfather" of Wild Potato Relatives
On World Environment Day, we interview Alberto Salas, the “godfather” of wild potato relatives
Alberto Salas has dedicated his life to the search for wild potatoes, crisscrossing most of the American continent – from the...
5 Jun 2018
5 Jun 2018
The Breeding Advantage
Tapping into genetic diversity for food security in a 4 degrees warmer world
Lili Szilagyi, CCAFS and Cierra Martin, Crop Trust
While efforts are underway to mitigate emissions and adapt to a 2°C increase, it's important to...
28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017
Wild Carrot and Stick
Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing climate. As our cultivated carrots are highly sensitive to...
13 Jun 2017
A Look Back on 2016
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
In this "corner" we will take a look back at an exciting Crop Trust 2016 and welcome 2017 with some reflections on what we want to achieve.
The Big Picture
2016, the planet’s hottest year on record,...
10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017
Crop Wild Relatives: The Nexus of Conservation and Agriculture
Sir Peter Crane | President OSGF & Crop Trust Executive Board Member
The end of October was a busy time for the Crop Trust with the sixth meeting of the Advisory Group of the Crop Wild Relatives Project, followed immediately by a...
28 Nov 2016
28 Nov 2016
News in November
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
During the last couple of months, we have been organizing events and activities all over the world – from North and Central America to Australia and New Zealand.
Happy days in the Asia-Pacific Region
Ju...
9 Nov 2016
9 Nov 2016
GRIN-Global: A Data Management Tool for All Genebanks
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...
17 Aug 2016
17 Aug 2016
The Summer Edition 2016
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
We have decided to collect our main activities during the months of June and July and present you with a summer Newsletter edition. I hope you appreciate the following summary:
Enhancing the...
9 Aug 2016
9 Aug 2016
Benjamin's Excellent Adventure
This week, I’d like to use this blog to introduce a new colleague here at the Crop Trust. His name is Dr Benjamin Kilian, and he’ll be working on our project on crop wild relatives, mainly looking after the pre-breeding component....
3 Aug 2016
3 Aug 2016