<div dir="ltr"><b>Seed Banks: Re-sowing paradise</b> is an hour long radio documentary by CBC Radio on both the cultural history of seed banks and their importance in the face of climate change and loss of biodiversity. <div><br></div><div>You can listen to the full episode here <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/seed-banks-re-sowing-paradise-1.3898130">http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/seed-banks-re-sowing-paradise-1.3898130</a></div><div><br></div><div>Most interesting to me is the Sisters of Providence Heirloom Seed Sanctuary in Kingston, Ont., run by nuns. "It's interesting that nuns have traditionally been focused on saving the poor, but now it's the Earth itself that is considered poor," notes Zytaruk. "These nuns call themselves eco-feminists and in their view they are the stewards of these seeds."</div><div><a href="http://www.providence.ca/our-work/heirloom-seed-sanctuary/">http://www.providence.ca/our-work/heirloom-seed-sanctuary/</a><br><div><br></div><div>Here is a short article about the radio documentary producer, Maria Zytaruk 's research.</div><div><a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2016-12-12/english-prof-unearths-surprising-history-seed-banks#.WExnMbffe6w.twitter">http://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2016-12-12/english-prof-unearths-surprising-history-seed-banks#.WExnMbffe6w.twitter</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>-- </div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Lindsey Riibe</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><br><div>Bureau of Land Management </div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca.htm" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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