Leaders in creation of Arctic vault that protects millions of seeds win World Food Prize - Fox News

Two men who led the charge in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which protects and preserves millions of seeds, will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Read More

World Food Prize: Two men honored for creating 'doomsday' seed vault - KCCI 8 News

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built deep inside a mountain on a Norwegian island in the Arctic Circle, holds 1.25 million seed samples from nearly every country in the world. Read More

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

DES MOINES, Iowa — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest ... Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds - MSN

Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the world arrived at the seed vault on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in mid-October 2024. This was one of the largest deposits ... Read More

Geoffrey Hawtin, Cary Fowler win World Food Prize for arctic seed vault - The Des Moines Register

This year’s World Food Prize winners say preserving crop diversity with seeds stored in their so-called "doomsday vault" in the Arctic Circle will be critical to countries' ability to feed their ... Read More

World Food Prize winners: Preserving seed diversity key to adapting to climate change

This year’s World Food Prize winners say preserving crop diversity with seeds stored in their so-called "doomsday vault" in the Arctic Circle will be critical to countries' ability to feed their ... Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes controversy, cultural meaning

And on Oct. 31, crop scientists Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin, who played key roles in creating the Global Seed Vault, received the $500,000 World Food Prize, which recognizes work that has ... Read More

Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a custodian of the ... Read More

World Food Prize awarded to scientists protecting food security with a global seed vault

This year's World Food Prize was awarded to scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who were instrumental in establishing the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which holds 1.25 million seed samples ... Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds

(THE CONVERSATION) Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the ... Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds - SFGATE

I see the Global Seed Vault as a lively and fragile place, powered not by money or technology but by the strange power of seeds. The World Food Prize once again highlights their vital promise. Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds - Houston Chronicle

I see the Global Seed Vault as a lively and fragile place, powered not by money or technology but by the strange power of seeds. The World Food Prize once again highlights their vital promise. Read More