Cary Fowler talks
about an issue that very unheard of. His talk started with the issues of extinction
but in relation to apples. As he got into the article he talked more and more
about the different breeds and the diversity of seeds. All the information was
new to me, like the 7000 different types of rice. Cary then talks about
conserving and preserving the different seeds to keep the seed biodiversity. He
argues that with climate change coming we might need different adaptable types
of seeds uncase of new diseases, climate and pests. With that argument Cary has
built a seed bank in the mountains of Norway for preserving different seeds
from around the world of the same species. Many include rice, wheat and other
crops that have been around for ages. At the end of the talk he tells us that
he has seeds from every county in the world. I think what he is doing is a
great thing. You don’t see too much conservation and preservation of crops as
much as we do flora or in animals. To be honest I didn’t know there were such
different breeds of common seeds all around the world. His motive is smart as well;
if we don’t protect these natural seeds the invasive and corporate seeds will
take over and destroy the diversity.
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