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From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds

bbc.com

23 points by RickJWagner 4 hours ago

smartbit an hour ago

Highly recommended documentary Seeds of Time (2013) [0] on Dr. Cary Fowler at the FAO responsible for building the Spitsbergen/Svalbard Global Seed Vault [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_of_Time_(film)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault

  • a_bonobo an hour ago

    I'd also recommend reading up on the Vavilov collection in St. Petersburg: an incredible history.

    https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-...