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Food Security

  • Dr. Daren Harmel and Dr. Hannah Tetreault, scientists at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation, hold four of the approximately 650,000 packets of seeds that have been dried, sorted, weighed and bagged in the conventional seed vault, which is kept at 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
    USDA gene bank safeguards vital genetic materials for our food supply
    Ellen Mahoney
    You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be surprised to learn there is a similar facility in the Rocky Mountain region. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado, has been operating since the 1950s.