World seed vault in Norway

[riverwalker]

http://www.gpb.org/news/2012/03/04/the-ultimate-in-heirloom-wheat-arrives-at-seed-vault

The Ultimate In Heirloom Wheat Arrives At Seed Vault

A few days ago, amid darkness and freezing winds, thousands of small packages of seeds were carried into an underground storage vault on a remote Arctic island. That vault holds a growing collection of seeds from all the different kinds of crops around the world that humans grow for food.

The seeds 740,000 samples and counting are stored inside a mountain on a group of islands called Svalbard, which is legally part of Norway, but is located far out in the Arctic Ocean, just 600 miles from the North Pole.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault along with dozens of other, less-secure collections around the world is supposed to preserve a vital part of the world's botanical gene pool; in this case, all the varieties of corn or peas or tomatoes that have disappeared from farmers' fields.
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[niyad]

1. k and r

[salin]

2. x 2

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[lunasun]

3. Where the money comes from for this seed vault....Monsanto + Gates+ Syngetna Chemical

when Bill Gates decides through the Gates Foundation to invest some $30 million of their hard earned money in a project, it is worth looking at.

No project is more interesting at the moment than a curious project in one of the world’s most remote spots, Svalbard. Bill Gates is investing millions in a seed bank on the Barents Sea near the Arctic Ocean, some 1,100 kilometers from the North Pole.

On this God-forsaken island Bill Gates invested tens of his millions along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, in what is called the ‘doomsday seed bank.’

This OP article just tells you who runs the vault not who controls the seeds but now you know!!!!

[Quantess]

4. Oh crap, really?

Here I was, thinking they were offering hope against Monsanto.
This puts it in a new light.

[Tumbulu]

5. well you know, since 2000- one woman got a whole group of

very small farmers (including me) to grow old landraces of wheat, spelt and emmer. We are the living seed bank.

There are quite a few of us growing what is considered very small plots- I have 30 acres in this year, but most years it is just 5-7 acres. For the other 20 or so farmers it is the same. But we have gotten the seeds now back growing with First Nation people and home gardeners...we have just done it. We are keeping the oldest landrace of wheat brought to the Americas before Columbus (the current theory is that it came via Portuguese sailors) going. It is a tall wheat with low yielding highly flavored golden grains. it is spectacular really. I fell in love with it and so have others who grow it.