Doomsday Seed Vault

[flipper]

you might want to turn off the sound for this one

Pictures: Svalbard Doomsday Seed Vault Safeguards Our Food Supply - National Geographic

“Doomsday Seed Vault” in the Arctic -
Bill Gates, Rockefeller and the GMO giants know something we don’t
It is no accident that the Rockefeller and Gates foundations are teaming up to push a GMO-style Green Revolution in Africa at the same time they are quietly financing the ‘doomsday seed vault’ on Svalbard. The GMO agribusiness giants are up to their ears in the Svalbard project.

Indeed, the entire Svalbard enterprise and the people involved call up the worst catastrophe images of the Michael Crichton bestseller, Andromeda Strain, a sci-fi thriller where a deadly disease of extraterrestrial origin causes rapid, fatal clotting of the blood threatening the entire human species. In Svalbard, the future world’s most secure seed repository will be guarded by the policemen of the GMO Green Revolution–the Rockefeller and Gates Foundations, Syngenta, DuPont and CGIAR.
“Doomsday Seed Vault” in the Arctic – | Global Research
Why now Svalbard?
After feeding hamsters for two years over three generations, those on the GM diet, and especially the group on the maximum GM soy diet, showed devastating results. By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies. They also suffered slower growth, and a high mortality rate among the pups.
Institute for Responsible Technology - Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality

 

[mike]

Personally i dont think its a bad idea,
As a seed saver myself i recognise the merit in doing this.

We do the exact same thing with dog breeding here in australia.
The local gene pool, does wind down.
Its common practise for local breeders of german shepards or rotteilers to bring in stock from sweden or the US from time to time to revitalise the local gene pool.
Storing seeds does the same thing, it allows us to bring genes set aside back into the active gene pool. in this case from the past rather than a different geological pool. but the effective result is the same

 

[flipper]

Personally i dont think its a bad idea,
As a seed saver myself i recognise the merit in doing this.

We do the exact same thing with dog breeding here in australia.
The local gene pool, does wind down.
Its common practise for local breeders of german shepards or rotteilers to bring in stock from sweden or the US from time to time to revitalise the local gene pool.
Storing seeds does the same thing, it allows us to bring genes set aside back into the active gene pool. in this case from the past rather than a different geological pool. but the effective result is the same

I agree. I would like to see everyone growing their own food from "heritage seeds"as much as they can whether it is potted plants or a back garden. Herbs are great to grow

 

[tom1961]

I have known about this for awhile.

I think this is a good idea.

The amount of different vegetables have reduced a lot in the last 100 years.

 

[Wade]

Personally i dont think its a bad idea,
As a seed saver myself i recognise the merit in doing this.

We do the exact same thing with dog breeding here in australia.
The local gene pool, does wind down.
Its common practise for local breeders of german shepards or rotteilers to bring in stock from sweden or the US from time to time to revitalise the local gene pool.
Storing seeds does the same thing, it allows us to bring genes set aside back into the active gene pool. in this case from the past rather than a different geological pool. but the effective result is the same

Early results were a bit mixed

 

[stonehart]

I grow so called Heritage seeds here at home and give extra seed away each year to others who are just starting to cotton on to the idea of making sure you have the ability to grow and provide food for yourself.
Seeds are very easy to store you just need to follow simple rules which are easy to find on the web if you are just starting to get into this.