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  2. Svalbard Global Seed Vault - Wikipedia

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    Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. [5] The Seed Vault provides long-term storage of duplicates of seeds conserved in genebanks around the world.

  3. Seed bank - Wikipedia

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    When seed germination percentage decreases below a prescribed amount, the seeds need to be replanted and fresh seeds collected for another round of long-term storage. [4] Seeds banks may operate in much more primitive conditions if the aim is only to maintain year-by-year seed supplies and lower costs for farmers in a particular area. [5]

  4. Seed Savers Exchange - Wikipedia

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    Seed Savers Exchange logo. Seed Savers Exchange, or SSE, is a non-profit organization based near Decorah, Iowa, that preserves heirloom plant varieties through regeneration, distribution and seed exchange. It is one of the largest nongovernmental seedbanks in the United States. [4] The mission of SSE is to preserve the world’s diverse but ...

  5. Seed saving - Wikipedia

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    Partially shelled popcorn seed saved for planting. In agriculture and gardening, seed saving (sometimes known as brown bagging) [1] is the practice of saving seeds or other reproductive material (e.g. tubers, scions, cuttings) from vegetables, grain, herbs, and flowers for use from year to year for annuals and nuts, tree fruits, and berries for perennials and trees. [2]

  6. Seeds of Diversity - Wikipedia

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    Seed of Diversity, Semences du patrimoine, is a Canadian charitable organization that aims to "search out, preserve, perpetuate, study, and encourage the cultivation of heirloom and endangered varieties of food crops", particularly Canadian plants, and to educate the public about their use. [1] It has been called "The Canadian NGO leader in two ...

  7. Heirloom plant - Wikipedia

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    Only a few of the many varieties of potato are commercially grown; others are heirlooms.. An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, heritage fruit (Australia and New Zealand), or heirloom vegetable (especially in Ireland and the UK) is an old cultivar of a plant used for food that is grown and maintained by gardeners and farmers, particularly in isolated communities of the Western world. [1]

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