WATCH: 90% Of our food varieties have disappeared, but we might be able to bring them back

Food24

6 years ago

The decrease in food varieties is huge but luckily due to good planning there might be a way to bring back the different varieties.

What has been described as preparation for doomsday the Seed Bank in Norway holds over 1 million seed species stocked away so that they don’t become extinct the vault contains wheat, rice, beans and many other plant species.

And thanks to this great seed vault we are able to bring back those diminishing food varieties making it easier to continue growing plants that feed us.

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