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Are Seeds Alive? But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Are Seeds Alive? But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids Are seeds alive? What are they made of? Here in Vermont it's planting time, and we've been getting a lot of questions about seeds from kids…

The Summer Edition 2016

Marie Haga | Marie’s Corner

These Rare Seeds Escaped Syria's War—to Help Feed the World

Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.

A box with seeds from ICARDA's Syrian genebank in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust.

Biodiversity for Resilience: A Food Secure World Starts With You

Biodiversity for Resilience: A Food Secure World Starts With You Diversity can be found in the produce aisle at your local grocery store. It’s on your dining table, it’s growing in the pot on your…

Biodiversity for Resilience: Chefs, Advocates for Biodiversity

Biodiversity for Resilience: Chefs, Advocates for Biodiversity Chefs have the opportunity to make a difference in our food systems by getting people interested in diverse dishes and how they make…

Biodiversity for Resilience: Genebanks, Ensuring Resilience

Biodiversity for Resilience: Genebanks, Ensuring Resilience Genebanks, or seed banks, are like active safety deposit boxes for the world’s crop diversity. Much like you store your money in a bank…

Biodiversity for Resilience: Farmers, Dedicated Stewards of Diversity

Biodiversity for Resilience: Farmers, Dedicated Stewards of Diversity For millennia, farmers have domesticated, selected and exchanged plants, making them the ultimate stewards of the world’s crop…

From COVID-19 to Biodiversity Loss: All Global Challenges Are Connected

Susan Bragdon | Director, Seeds for All & Policy Advisor, Oxfam Novib

Biodiversity for Resilience: We Are Diverse, We Are Resilient

Biodiversity for Resilience: We Are Diverse, We Are Resilient What makes us resilient? What enables us to overcome hardships no matter the crisis? What is our greatest strength? Diversity. In our…

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Wheat: Our Great Grain

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Wheat: Our Great Grain Season 3 - Episode 6 This episode is all about wheat, a beloved crop and the basis of foods like bread and cake. Pastry Chef Sahar Parham Al…

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