Massive effort underway to save endangered seeds

[Barrett808]

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of an effort to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction.

In many cases, only a handful of seeds remain from rare varieties of barley, rice and wheat whose history can be traced back to the Neolithic era, said Carey Fowler of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, who is speaking on Sunday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago.

"If we don't do the job right, they are gone," he said in an interview.

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[midnight]

1. I feel so much gratitude for these people that have this skill.

I have been successful with tomatoes, and cucumbers. Not the fancy crops like corn, brocholi, califlower etc...

[PDJane]

2. It's a necessary occupation..........