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Re: [Seed Keepers] Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic

From: lucy Owsley <boulderbelt@voyager.net>
To: Seed Keepers <seedkeepers@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Seed Keepers] Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:25:22 -0500

And that's the rub, what happens when doomsday comes and most all the seeds in the vault are no longer viable? Than the project has become useless

On Feb 25, 2008, at 2:16 PM, tonitime@juno.com wrote:

gee, i'd guess that as long as they could - it would be easier to replace most of the stock there, rather than truly grow it out. I'd be curious to see how they handle the rare ones tho.........surely they have provision for the endangered ones.

Toni

Lucy Goodman

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm

Eaton, OH

http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com

Re: [Seed Keepers] Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic, tonitime, 02/25/2008
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- Re: [Seed Keepers] Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic, tonitime, 02/25/2008
  - Re: [Seed Keepers] Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic, lucy Owsley, 02/25/2008