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Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds

  • Written by Adriana Craciun, Professor of English and Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities, Boston University
Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seedsThe entrance to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties...

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