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The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, photographed at dusk.
conspiracy theories

Svalbard's Global Seed Vault Banks Biodiversity and Sprouts Controversy

The Arctic facility is the world's largest safeguard for seeds—and fertile ground for critics and conspiracy theories.
Adriana Craciun December 2, 2024
Kelps provide food and habitat for myriad coastal creatures.
seed banks

Kelp Seed Banks Save Biodiversity and Indigenous Traditions

In Washington State, a new preservation facility offers a back-up plan for an uncertain future.
Natalia Mesa May 29, 2023
Produce grown in Adam Alexander's garden.
food

Meet the Great Seed Detective

Adam Alexander preserves heirloom vegetables and the history they represent.
Diana Hubbell July 28, 2022
Khan also holds workshops for children to interact, play with, and learn about seeds.
food

In South Africa, a Seed Librarian Seeks Ancestral Knowledge

Zayaan Khan runs a "Seed Biblioteek" out of her home.
Mary Fawzy April 7, 2022
Seeds reside deep inside.
seed banks

The Rare Seeds That Escaped Syria for an Arctic Vault

Formerly stashed at Svalbard, they've since sprouted in Morocco and beyond.
Matt Simon December 2, 2020
Henrietta Gomez and Gilbert Suazo, Sr., receive a Taos Pueblo squash in 2018.
food

Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes

They are being recovered from seed banks, university vaults, and museum shelves.
María Paula Rubiano A. November 2, 2022
Activists, farmers, and indigenous groups around the world have jointed together to protest corporate seed patents.
plants

How to Plant a Home Garden and 'Free the Seed'

By saving and swapping seeds, you can preserve agricultural heritage.
Reina Gattuso May 19, 2020
Green America estimates that over the next 10 years, their 2,500 registered climate victory gardens will have a massive greenhouse gas off-setting effect.
gardens

These 7 Companies Ship Unique Seeds for Your Quarantine Garden

Beat the rush by turning to small, local suppliers—and your neighbors.
Reina Gattuso April 22, 2020
Monticello’s 1,000-foot-long garden terrace served as both a source of food and an experimental laboratory.
museums

At Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Garden Is Still Growing

Restoring the grounds and its rare, heirloom crops recreated what was effectively the country's first seed bank.
Eric J. Wallace April 21, 2020
The kangaroo grass, <em>Themeda triandra</em>, looks delicate.
genetics

The Unexpected Elegance of Apocalyptic Seed Vaults, In Photos

The images, by artist and professor Dornith Doherty, are ethereal and oddly comforting.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 11, 2020
Chahuaytire, Peru

Parque de la Papa

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.
El Potrero Trading Post sells chimayó chile powder.
farms

The Prized Pepper That Comes From a Single New Mexican Town

But can it be grown anywhere else?
Tom Verde March 8, 2019
The germplasm reserve at the Ejere Farming Community Seed Bank, one of many local facilities the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute works with.
science

This Seed Bank Preserves Biodiversity by Opening Its Doors to Farmers

The Ethiopian institution pioneered a new model.
Eric J. Wallace October 3, 2018
The bamboo tunnel.
Honduras

Lancetilla Botanical Garden and Research Center

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.
Cacti.
Zurich, Switzerland

Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.
The entrance to the now iconic Seed Vault at dusk, with its illuminated artwork over the door.
news

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Awaits Its Millionth Crop Deposit

Bambara groundnuts, black-eyed peas, and Estonian onion potato seeds are headed to the bank.
Natasha Frost February 26, 2018
Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst
West Sussex, England

Millennium Seed Bank

Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.
Researchers in ICARDA's Beirut headquarters, harvesting seeds to ship back to Svalbard.
news

Seeds From Syria Are Returning to the Svalbard Vault

This marks the first successful use of the "doomsday" seed vault.
Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017