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Svalbard Global Seed Vault |
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So what is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault? It's a secure facility located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote arctic Svalbard archipelago. A vault dug 120m into a sandstone mountain, 130m above sea level, and 1,300km from the north pole. Seed that's stored within the facility is kept at -18 Degree C by generators running at the site, should a catastrophe occur where power is lost, it would take several weeks for the vaults temperature to rise up to the chilly -3 degree C of the surrounding sandstone rock.
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Backyard Farming Magazine |
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The inaugural edition of the Backyard Farming magazine has now been released. We've packed a lot of information into the magazine, with 43 pages of information without any advertisements. Thats right, unlike most magazines that have 50% or more advertisement content, our magazine has none, not one. So although it's only 43 pages, it's the equivalent of a magazine that might be at least twice the size, only you don't need to wade through all the rubbish.
We have included a diverse range of information in this first edition. You'll find articles on raising muscovy ducks, information about seed saving and genetic diversity, and a range of other subjects including how to grow many different varieties of fruits and vegetables.
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Climate Change and Agriculture |
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ROME, ITALY (18 November 2009)—
Alarmed by a substantial oversight in the global climate talks leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month, more than 60 of the world’s most prominent agricultural scientists and leaders underscored how the almost total absence of agriculture in the agreement could lead to widespread famine and food shortages in the years ahead.
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Loss of genetic diversity in agriculture is leading us to a rendezvous with extinction--to the doorstep of hunger on a scale we refuse to imagine. To simplify the environment as we have done with agriculture is to destroy the complex interrelationships that hold the natural world together. Reducing the diversity of life, we narrow our options for the future and render our own survival more precarious.” |
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Backyard Farming is Launched |
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We are thrilled to bring you the first edition of the Backyard Farming Magazine. We also produce the Backyard Aquaponics Magazine but felt that there was so much more we wanted to share and help others with in the field of backyard farming and self-sufficiency areas that we just couldn’t cover it all in the BYAP Magazine. |
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