“ 'It’s great if we have all this
sustainability, but unless we have access to seeds, all the other
aspects of sustainable agriculture really don’t mean anything,” Newburn
told Atlas Obscura.
That's
because as plant species evolve, each new generation develops
adaptations to the differing environmental conditions, which creates
biodiversity among plant species, which is necessary for keeping these
species healthy. When large corporations control food production (as
they do now), that biodiversity can disappear, resulting in homogenized
strains that are more susceptible to disease and environmental
degradation, which is made all the worse by climate change.
“I
don’t see us as competing against large industrial seed producers, we
just want to make sure that biodiversity is still available to people,”
Joy Hought, executive director of Tucson-based seed preservation
nonprofit, Native Seeds/SEARCH, told Atlas Obscura.' "
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