Frozen things - Walt Disney and…
Monday, December 24th, 2007
all of the world's most important seeds.
In an effort to preserve crop diversity in the face of a mounting environmental crisis and monoculture farming, The Global Crop Diversity Trust has created an Arctic seed vault that will store millions of seed samples. These seeds are the foundation of our world's agriculture and their preservation is important for continued food production.
Ok, there is a slight freakout factor with the existence of such a facility. It means that we have brought our world to such a precarious state that we need to take precautions like ensuring we don't lose our food sources and have to manufacture all of our seeds in a laboratory. However, this is a very pragmatic approach to preparing for the future even if it does seem "doomsday"-esq. The fact is that our world is in such a state and we might as well act accordingly.
Another important organization is Seed Savers Exchange. I just donated to them because I pictured being forced into eating food from a laboratory just to survive and having to take up meat eating for lack of anything else to consume. Yikes!
I hope that our united efforts reinvigorate heirloom seed preservation and guarantee a world free of genetically engineered agriculture.
Save the Seeds!
Diana
