Trips to seed banks in Russia, Australia ... During the 28-month Siege of Leningrad in World War II, she says, "several botanists working here starved to death rather than eat the collected ...

There’s a new seed bank at Edmonton’s Food Bank, aimed at helping more people start gardening and growing their own food. “If you can afford it, please buy your seeds, but if you can’t ...

Growing up in the mountains of western Guatemala, Feliciano Perez Tomas cultivated the same type of native maize his family had for generations. The breed of corn was central to his Indigenous K ...

Increasingly, farmers like Tomas are turning to seed banks. These modest, community-run storage hubs—typically located within walking distance of the fields—preserve Indigenous, climate-resilient ...

During World War II, as Nazi forces besieged the Russian city of Leningrad, scientists at the city’s famed seed bank made a pact to protect the collection and consume nothing, even if it could have ...

After Simon Parkin’s account of the siege of Leningrad and the fate of the world’s first proper seed bank, after his postscript, afterword and acknowledgements, there are nine pages that ...

Seed banks are a clever way to make sure that thousands - sometimes millions - of fruit and vegetable varieties don’t go extinct despite these threats. Tucked up 1,300 km beyond the Arctic ...

While the Hermitage, the city’s world-famous art museum, managed to remove its key treasures from Leningrad before the siege began, the seed bank initially “received no instruction to evacuate”.

Yet unbeknown to many of Leningrad’s citizens, the world’s first and largest seed bank was situated in the middle of the city, just off St Isaac’s Square. The converted palace building held ...

Natalie Aird, seed bank inventory coordinator at Seed Savers Exchange, organizes packets in a facility at the organization's farm in Decorah, Iowa. Often described as the Nobel of food and ...

Parkin’s ethically haunted book offers a cinematic telling of the brutal Nazi siege of the Russian city of Leningrad (now called St. Petersburg) during World War II, with a focus on the ...

When the nurse caring for him undresses the body, she finds a package of seeds ... of the Russian city of Leningrad (now called St. Petersburg) during World War II. It’s also a moral quandary ...