For more than a decade, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — also known as the "doomsday" vault — has collected and maintained the world's largest collection of diverse crops. This week, the Cherokee ...

The Cherokee Nation is the first US Tribe to deposit culturally important crop seeds in the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard Seeds from nine rare heirloom food crops, such as Cherokee White Eagle Corn, ...

With the way international tensions and natural disasters have mounted in recent months, on some days it seems an apocalyptic event must be just over the horizon. If that's a familiar feeling for you, ...

Two scientists who helped create an international seed vault received the World Food Prize last week in Des Moines, spotlighting the importance of seed banks, including one in northeast Iowa. The Seed ...

Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, stewards a collection of over 20,000 heirloom and heritage seed varieties, which are kept in a vault in ideal conditions for preservation. The seed vault ...