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The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault—and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture: Now updated with a new chapter by the author and photos from recent improvements in the facilities.

Author Cary Fowler, co-founder of the Global Seed Vault, was named a 2024 World Food Prize Laureate.


Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world’s most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation.


The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, con

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    Publisher: Easton Studio Press
    Publication Date: 01/06/2024
    ISBN13: 9781632261397, 978-1632261397
    ISBN10: 1632261391

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

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    The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault—and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture: Now updated with a new chapter by the author and photos from recent improvements in the facilities.

    Author Cary Fowler, co-founder of the Global Seed Vault, was named a 2024 World Food Prize Laureate.


    Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world’s most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation.


    The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, con

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