Spring is a time when some amazing natural processes are on show. One of the most striking is the emergence of seedlings as the sun warms the soil and green shoots rise from the earth.

With this appearance of life comes a feeling of joy and hope, and the promise of something very important: Food.

It is amazing that whole allotments and greenhouses full of vegetables and flowers can come from just a couple of handfuls of small, dry fragments. Dr Charlotte Allender, from Warwick’s Crop Centre, explains the importance, diversity and quite incredible resilience of seeds.

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