News & other media about seeds:

Interesting news stories:

 

Climate change and the seed vault

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts

 

As Climate Change Threatens Food Supplies, Seed Saving is an Ancient Act of Resilience

http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/as-climate-change-threatens-food-supplies-seed-saving-is-an-ancient-act-of-resilience-20170607

 

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/item/1220-sowing-seeds-changing-story

 

A group of Filipino farmers is undertaking a task that is very much akin to—and perhaps just as noble as—the biblical story of Noah's Ark. Seed saving for prosperity. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/594779/scitech/science/pinoy-farmers-move-to-save-seeds-for-posterity#sthash.4LMi8sYg.dpuf

 

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/594779/scitech/science/pinoy-farmers-move-to-save-seeds-for-posterity

 

Feds Will Spend $4M In Ten States, Including Illinois And Indiana, To Boost Butterfly Population

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/11/27/feds-will-spend-4m-in-ten-states-including-illinois-and-indiana-to-boost-butterfly-population/

 

Sowing the seeds of Syria: farming group rescues plant species threatened by war

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/04/syria-seeds-experimental-farm-network-plants-biodiversity

 

Ancient seeds sprout after lying dormant for 850 years:

http://inhabitat.com/researchers-sprout-ancient-seeds-that-have-been-dormant-for-850-years/

 

Could a mushroom save the honeybee?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/mushroom-save-honeybee/

 

Effort grows to preserve California’s threatened plant species

http://www.dailynews.com/lifestyle/20151116/effort-grows-to-preserve-californias-threatened-plant-species

 

Global seed bank opens ‘doomsday vault’ to deliver Syrian varieties to safety

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/global-seed-bank-opens-doomsday-vault-to-continue-reseach-on-syrian-plants/

There are many movies & documentaries about the importance of seeds throughout the world right now:

SEED: The Untold Story - Trailer from Collective Eye Films on Vimeo.

Seeds of Freedom from The Gaia Foundation on Vimeo.

"Seeds of Time" Trailer from Hungry, Inc. on Vimeo.

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