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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

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The isolation of this ecologically rich archipelago of peaks, located in a “sea” of desert that stretches from northern Mexico into southern Arizona, means that plants grow here that don’t grow anywhere else. These cultivated teparies are nutrient and protein dense and far more climate resilient than the much more common pinto bean.

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124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!

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Black Urban Growers , United States Black Urban Growers (BUGs) is dedicated to fostering a robust community that supports cultivators in urban and rural environments, while nurturing Black leadership. To help feed the world sustainably, their goal is to conserve 10 billion acres of ocean, 1.6

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