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Arctic's Global Seed Vault to receive 1000 types of seeds from Warwick's Vegetable Genebank
Just under 1000 seed samples from different crop species including kale, carrots and cauliflower are to be deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Arctic Norway on the 25th February 2020, from the UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB) at the University of Warwick Wellesbourne campus.
New article in the launch issue of Nature Food
A comment piece in the newly launched Nature Food journal puts the IFSTAL approach to creating food-system thinkers in the spotlight.
The piece, authored collaboratively by members of the IFSTAL team, including Rosemary Collier from Warwick's School of Life Sciences, sets out the case for a systems approach to challenges in the food system and highlights the aspirations of the programme.
IFSTAL’s successes to date – including the engagement of 1,500 students from 45 different university departments as well as the programme’s well established overseas activity – are also laid out.
The article, A future workforce of food-system analysts, is available to read on the Nature Food website.