ICARDA scientists save 80% of a priceless trove of Syrian seeds -

HeatherT · May 15, 2015

This came in my e-mail today and I thought this community may enjoy seeing it. http://www.greenprophet.com/2015/05/...-syrian-seeds/

Heather

pauldavid · May 15, 2015

Thats cool! We have to protect seeds or one day they will be lost.

Redbaron · May 15, 2015

Thanks for that Heather. It is great to hear some good news from a region that seems to only be producing bad news recently.

HeatherT · May 15, 2015

Check this out, just got it from SSE. http://blog.seedsavers.org/blog/sval...eid=d9af2c8b8c

Heather

NarnianGarden · May 15, 2015

Good news. Yes, ISIS would have loved to destroy or at least lord over those seeds.

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HeatherT BANNED Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Illinois Posts: 44	ICARDA scientists save 80% of a priceless trove of Syrian seeds - This came in my e-mail today and I thought this community may enjoy seeing it. http://www.greenprophet.com/2015/05/...-syrian-seeds/ Heather

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Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Thanks for that Heather. It is great to hear some good news from a region that seems to only be producing bad news recently. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

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pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	Thats cool! We have to protect seeds or one day they will be lost.

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NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Good news. Yes, ISIS would have loved to destroy or at least lord over those seeds.