Unpopular opinion:
Old local varieties have little future. 😬 Maybe by moving them all a couple of hundred km north, but our traditional landraces weren't made for this.

Ok, maybe in *some* cases, the innate robustness will help them to cope with heat and drought, but we need to work on the issue quick.

(Modern cultivars aren't adapted either, but there is less of a stake in maintaining them in a certain geographical region)

A question to people active in Seedbanks: how are you adapting?

#Gardening #ClimateChangeGarden #ClimateChange #LocalVarieties #Landraces #Seedbanks #OldVarieties #TraditionalVarieties #Horriculture #Agriculture

How seed networks across Brazil are helping to restore biomes

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/how-seed-networks-across-brazil-are-helping-to-restore-biomes/

Collection of native seeds by traditional populations in preserved areas of different Brazilian biomes has contributed to effective and more inclusive restoration of degraded areas. The effort is necessary for Brazil to fulfill its pledge under international agreements to recover 30 million acres of vegetation by 2030.

#amazon #recovery #seednetworks #seedbanks #biomes #brazil #preservation #vegetation #indigenous

In the tropical mountains of Costa Rica, scientists guard a treasure trove of seeds collected over decades as a bulwark against food insecurity and climate change.

"Some 6,200 samples from 125 species of squash, chilli, tomato and other edible plants are held at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) near the town of Turrialba."

#seeds #SeedBanks

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230728-in-costa-rica-saving-seeds-to-feed-future-generations

A new #preprint #OpenScience #PeerReview by @PCIEvolBiol: Korfmann, K., D. Abu Awad, and A. Tellier (2023) Weak #seedbanks influence the signature and detectability of selective sweeps. #bioRxiv #EvolutionaryBiology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.26.489499

First there was #SeedBanks, then #BloodBanks & now #PoopBanks https://www.wired.com/story/microbiota-vault/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_4591cc36-cf64-49b6-b9eb-c55b565c5173_popular4-1

@CoramDeo@noagendasocial.com
We understand that he's been buying up a lot of farmland globally, not just in the US. In addition to #seedBanks, places where seeds are kept safe.

We haven't heard about these oral polio tablets spreading the disease. Where can one learn about this?
@SeaRobb@noagendasocial.com