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Erna Bennett: A Crop Diversity Maverick In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we salute the Irish scientist Erna Bennett, whose unheeded calls in the 1960s to halt the rapid decline of crop

Bringing Diversity Back to Maize 6,700 years ago the ancient Peruvians were eating popcorn – 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a study by the Museum of Natural History in

NPR: The Ultimate In Heirloom Wheat Arrives At Seed Vault NPR reports on the deposit of heirloom wheat to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. A few days ago, amid darkness and freezing winds, thousands

BBC Earth: Wild Food Crop Relatives to be 'Rescued' Scientists have announced a plan to collect and store the wild plant relatives of essential food crops, including wheat, rice, and potatoes. The

Latin American Crop Collections Rescue Effort SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA (7 April 2011)—Crop specialists in Central America announced today that a major rescue effort is underway in one of the

Any Genebanks on the Road to Rio? Luigi Guarino The fact that this year – on June 20, to be precise – the ten-yearly Earth Summit roadshow (or the United Nations Conference on Sustainable

Luigi Guarino

International Coffee Day: Rediscovering Coffee Diversity with CATIE’s William Solano Pumpkin spice lattes, oat milk cappuccinos, flavored cold brews – coffee trends come and go. But behind every new

Europolitics: Europe’s Response to a Global Challenge Marie Haga wrote an opinion article fot the web portal Europolitics on the necessity for the European Commission and the EU member states to