Article One Partners (AOP), a leading crowdsourcing patent research firm, just published a unique call to action on its blog. In an article titled Improve Commercial Agriculture with Seed Sampling, ...

FILE - This is a March 2. 2016 file photo of an exterior view of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the secure seed bank on Svalbard, Norway. Nearly 10 years after a "doomsday" seed vault opened on an ...

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A large deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has taken the number of seed samples stored at the facility to more than a million. The so-called "doomsday vault"—located on a remote Norwegian ...

Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establish seed collections to save the seeds in ...

First it was the seed catalogs that appeared on the heels of Christmas. Now the seed packets are showing up in my mailbox. Spring must not be far away. Being a garden writer, I often get packs of new ...

Seeds from the UC82B tomato have been found to contain a commercially approved biotech trait. The University of California, Davis, is recalling about 30 tomato seed samples, distributed during the ...

KNOXVILLE -- Restoring diverse vegetation along the Atlantic seaboard after devastating hurricanes or replanting forests after destructive wildfires rests mightily upon one tiny but important ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WCYB) — The Kingsport Public Library is hoping to grow an interest when it comes to gardening. The library, in partnership with Kingsport Cultural Arts, is unveiling a new, satellite ...

Pueblo Seed & Food Co. has launched a nonprofit initiative with Onward! A Legacy Foundation to boost heat- and ...