Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Mission: Seed Saver

Did you know that there's are thousands of vegetables such as onion, pumpkin, potato, tomato, carrot, and every thing else that have been common for all of history, but t would disappear if it wasn’t for the work of the seed savers?

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Seed Saver is an agricultural defender of bio-diversity to whom it falls to protect and share all kinds of seeds in order to protect variety. This is a none nonprofit organizations since the 1975 and for about ten years ago there's an Italian organization, called Civiltà Contadina, that defends bio-diversity through seed savings.

Plus there is a
website that gives information about the ongoing projects, the kind of seeds which are in peril. The organization has a news space where in the field of seed saving & bio-diversity post their relevant news.

I simply enjoy any kind of fruit and vegetables, and find the news quite interesting. Go and read up on all the fights and effort that are going into preserving the legacy for humanity and the planet. Most countries in the world have agencies that work on keeping seed stocks including the United States. Although the farms, labs, & vaults have been shamelessly under funded since the Reagan administration. Norway is building a international seed vault for the
Global Crop Diversity Trust up in the arctic circle inside a mountain. It’s so 007…

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