Svalbard+Global+Seed+Bank+and+the+Doomsday+Vault

Topics on the Page

 * Overview of the Seed Bank **
 * Famines in History **
 * ** Irish Potato Famine **
 * History of Agriculture **
 * Food and Its Origins **
 * **Native American Food Contributions**
 * **Three Sisters Agriculture**
 * **Global Food Histories**
 * **Corn**
 * **Peanuts**
 * **Rice**
 * **Vanilla**
 * **Potatoes**
 * **Tomatoes**
 * Bananas
 * Apples
 * Wheat
 * Sunflower

**Overview of the Seed Bank**
Inside the Global Seed Vault, Where the History and Future of Agriculture Is Stored. from NPR Fresh Air with Terry Gross (July 24, 2017) [|Saving Seeds in Doomsday Vault,] Vimeo, from //60 Minutes//, March 20, 2008

Text of the video where [|Scott Pelley Visits One of the World's Most Unique Seed Banks]

[|Sowing for Apocalypse], //The New Yorker//, April 27, 2007

[|Global Seed Vault: Photo Essay,] Time, 2008

[|The Gloomy Arctic Seed Bank That's Key to Future Crops] from BBC News, January 12, 2016

[|Svalbard Global Seed Bank: Interactive Visit]from CropTrust.org

[|How the Russians Saved America's Sunflower], NPR, January 5, 2012

[|Syria War Forces First Withdrawal from Svalbard Global Seed Vault], NBC News, September 25, 2015

** Link to Immigration Before the Civil War and the Irish Potato Famine **
[|Ten Worst Famines of the 20th Century]

[|China's Great Famine: The True Story]

Book Review: [|Famine: A Short History,] Cormac O'Grada (2009). The author argues that famines are the results of human actions or inactions more than natural disasters.

History of Agriculture

 * [[image:rotating gif.gif width="43" height="43" link="7.5"]]Link to Grade 7.5 for information on agriculture, settlement, population and the emergence of civilization**

Link also to AP World History Key Concept 1.2Key

Agriculture & the Environment: An Historical Perspective, from a course from the University of Reading

**Food and Its Origins**

 * [|Where Does Our Food Come From?]SeedMap.org
 * [|Do You Have a Clue Where Your Food Comes From], University of Illinois Extension



**[[image:Screen Shot 2017-03-23 at 1.58.11 PM.png]]Native American Food Contributions to the World**
Potatoes, beans, corn, peanuts, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, peppers, nuts, melons, and sunflower seeds

[|2009 Native American $1 Coin honoring Three Sisters Agriculture]

[|Three Sisters . . .and the Fourth Sister No One Really Talks About]



Global Food Histories
CORN: The Importance of One Simple Plant: Maize

RICE: Rice Growing and Origin

PEANUTS: History of Peanuts and Peanut Butter

VANILLA: History of Vanilla

POTATOES/TOMATOES: Origins of Species of Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes and Some Other Interesting History

BANANA**: The Surprising History of the Banana**

APPLES: [|All About Apples: Some History, a Recipe, and Recommendations]
 * Why Your Supermarket Sells Only 5 Kinds of Apples

WHEAT: Wheat Domestication--The History and Origins of Floury Grains
 * Wheat: A Plant That Changed the World

SUNFLOWER: How the Russians Saved America's Sunflower