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Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

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The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring.

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TED.com

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, agriculture, biodiversity, biosphere, climate change, disaster relief, environment, TEDGlobal 2009, 2009

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