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Spring Alaska Schreiner is championing traditional ecological knowledge
At Sakari Farms, Spring Alaska Schreiner maintains a seed bank, has launched a community kitchen, and teaches Native American youth traditional ecological knowledge.
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SeaWorld aims to save Florida's reefs by storing corals' best genes
SeaWorld Orlando's new Coral Rescue Center, unveiled Friday, aims to preserve Florida corals that are collapsing under a mysterious disease.
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How seed diversity can help protect our food as the world warms
A new documentary explores the dangers that climate change poses to agriculture — and the seed savers who are working to make food systems more resilient.
Seed banks may be a secret weapon against climate change
Some of the tens of thousands of seeds stored at a facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley may hold keys to helping the planet's food supply adapt to climate change.
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Seeds developed over thousands of years may help farmers adapt to climate change
A seed bank in rural Lebanon is proving important for food production in regions all over the world adapting to warming temperatures.
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One of the world's oldest science experiments comes up from the dirt
Every 20 years under the cover of darkness, scientists dig up seeds that were stashed 142 years ago beneath a college campus.
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Rediscovering Detroit’s roots through Indigenous food
Through a collective maple sugaring effort, pop-up dinners, seed saving, and more, an urban community is reconnecting to its Indigenous foodways.
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