If society endures an apocalypse what will we eat?! Seed vaults are our food-preservation time capsule for the future.
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault
“Deep inside a mountain on a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, lies the Global Seed Vault.”
First Withdrawal From Doomsday Vault
“Earlier this month (October 19, 2015), seeds deposited in 2012 from war-torn Syria became the Svalbard Global Seed Vault’s first-ever withdrawal. The seed vault – located in Norway, sometimes called the Doomsday Vault – was built in 2008. Since then, researchers there have been storing containers of seeds from all parts of the globe in the vault, and this is the first time they’ve removed seeds.”
Crop Diversity In The Sustainable Development Goals
“The biggest challenge of our time. Agricultural biodiversity is a prerequisite for sustainable agriculture and food security.”
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