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Climate Proofing the Carrot: Where Flavor Meets Stress Tolerance Carrots are tasty, versatile, and – while your tomatoes and cauliflowers go all squishy – easy to store for a long time. Most…

Hidden Opportunities in the Unique Produce Panic Shoppers Leave Behind In the whirlwind of the last several months, the global pandemic COVID-19 has altered the way many of us run our lives as we…

A COVID-19 Update by Stefan Schmitz Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director The values of multilateralism have never been so important As I write, one third of the world’s population is in “lockdown”.…

Hari Upadhyaya: The Fearless Breeder in the Genebank Hari Upadhyaya is the recipient of a Crop Trust Legacy Award. Read on to learn more about this inspiring scientist. As a young man growing up…

Cryopreservation and the Future of Plant Conservation It might come as a surprise that there are many crops that can’t be conserved in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Aside from today’s star the…

Climate-proofing Our Foods With Crop Wild Relatives This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and to our…

Svalbard, A Day in the Life Polar Bears, Choirs and Camaraderie Touching base with Åsmund Asdal, Seed Vault Coordinator, NordGen Coronavirus SARD-CoV-2 (COVID-19) continues to significantly impact…

2019 Annual Report Letter from the Executive Director "The importance of the global family of genebanks as fail-safes for our planet’s future food supply has never been so apparent." Recently,…

An Alfalfa That Loves the Cold Zhongcao No. 3. When you first hear that name, you can be forgiven for thinking it’s an expensive perfume. But actually, it’s a Chinese variety of…

From Orchard to Oven: the not-so-American Apple Pie Ever heard the saying "as American as apple pie"? What about "for mom and apple pie," the proclamation made by many American soldiers shipping…