Truth is, I learned a ton.

Did you know that Norway has a bit of a survival seed bank of its own? Or that other seed banks in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines were destroyed by wars and natural disasters. Kind of ironic, don’t you think? “Doomsday” seed vaults wiped out by a doomsday scenarios? Hmmm.

Did you know that a majority of seeds called hybrid seeds are designed with a sort of “planned obsolescence” or a very short shelf life. You can’t continually replant those seeds hoping for the same yield each subsequent season.  Not unlike watering down green paint, you keep blending enough light-green paint into the original color and pretty soon, no more green.

Did you know that it’s a bit of a trick to find non-hybrid seeds; not as bountiful as one might think?

Now, I’m far from being an expert, nor will I ever write on book on seed science, but one thing is clear. If governments plan ahead and create seed vaults, what’s wrong with you and I banking a few seeds for a rainy day.

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