Maize Science Seeding 
Food Tank
APRIL 7, 2025
The Mexican government has amended its constitution to prohibit the use of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. The reform strengthens previous legal action against GM seeds by enshrining the ban in the constitution. The post Mexico Amends Constitution to Prohibit GM Corn Seeds appeared first on Food Tank.
Agricultural Biodiversity
JULY 3, 2024
How to collect forestry seeds. Whole bunch of new maize races collected in Colombia. And in Europe with the INCREASE project , which has just won a prize for citizen science. Sort of citizen science too. Kinda citizen science. Probably a good idea to collect seeds is what I’m saying. And in Taiwan.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The Seed System Lab at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences has lots of interesting resources on its new website. Why Jimmy Red maize is worth saving, despite its faults. Yes, there’s now a community of practice on millets. The latest on the Kenyan genebank’s sorghum work. Yak cheese ? Yes, please.
Agricultural Biodiversity
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research. Conserving the genetic diversity of domesticated species needs to combine history and science. Maize and precolonial Africa. Maize contributed to slavery. Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds.
Agricultural Biodiversity
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences genebank fills some gaps. Which is not to say working on staples like maize isn’t cool. And yes, seeds are indeed alive. I wonder if any of those new accessions are “ opportunity crops.” ” Because they are sorely needed, for example in Africa. Just ask CAAS.
Civil Eats
APRIL 22, 2024
A 2020 paper in the National Academy of Sciences’ journal found that over half of the 600 CWRs identified in the study were either endangered or threatened. Arizona has been at the forefront of conservation efforts, protecting CWRs on public lands like the WCBA, at botanical gardens like at the Desert Museum, and at seed banks.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 16, 2023
When I arrived in Mexico City nine years ago to research the effort by citizen groups to stop multinational seed companies from planting genetically modified corn in Mexico, the groups had just won an injunction to suspend planting permits. They know maize is different.” He said with a smile, “The judge surely eats tacos. He was right.
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