A Seed - For the Future

Think about it.

Thousands of years ago, in the Stone Age, the first human beings started to cultivate crops and by that made seeds the oldest human artefacts we are still taking care of.

Having that in mind a U.N.-backed plan to freeze millions of seeds will help safeguard food supplies from future shocks and preserve a legacy of farming dating back to the Stone Age.

"The goal is to ensure the diversity of crops -- what I'd argue is the world's most valuable natural resource for human beings," Cary Fowler said after his appointment as head of the Rome-based Global Crop Diversity Trust on Wednesday. (Planet Ark)

These samples will help ensure that the world safeguards crops to help feed a growing population.

Good for us. Good for our children and our grand children.