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The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world Food of the future was the hot topic at the inaugural Food Forever Solutions Summit earlier this…

Orchards, Cold Cider and the Global Strategy for Apple “Them Crow Eggs, Bellflowers, Staymans, Limbertwigs, they're all sweet little cuties, but there ain't no apple in this world like a Virginia…

The President of Ghana Speaks at the Seed Summit On 25 February 2020, the largest deposit since the Seed Vault's opening in 2008 (in terms of the number of institutions to send seeds at one time)…

Arctic Call to Action on Food Security and Climate Change 25 February 2020 | Svalbard, Norway Originally posted here. UN Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres has called for a decade of action and…

'Tip of the Iceberg' by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director In November 2019, it was my honor to accept the position of Executive Director of the Crop…

Climate Proofing the Carrot: Where Flavor Meets Stress Tolerance Carrots are tasty, versatile, and – while your tomatoes and cauliflowers go all squishy – easy to store for a long time. Most…

Hidden Opportunities in the Unique Produce Panic Shoppers Leave Behind In the whirlwind of the last several months, the global pandemic COVID-19 has altered the way many of us run our lives as we…

A COVID-19 Update by Stefan Schmitz Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director The values of multilateralism have never been so important As I write, one third of the world’s population is in “lockdown”.…

Hari Upadhyaya: The Fearless Breeder in the Genebank

Cryopreservation and the Future of Plant Conservation It might come as a surprise that there are many crops that can’t be conserved in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Aside from today’s star the…