The year is 2245, and the world has undergone explosive growth in multiple industries. The age of Virtual Reality came long ago, opening up new fields for people to enjoy and seek employment. There were even those that chose to sacrifice their physical bodies, becoming digital existences that lived within internet communities.

The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault--and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture: Now updated with a new chapter by the author and photos from recent improvements in the facilities. Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity's precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world's most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation. The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, conservationist, and biodiversity advocate. In SEEDS ON ICE, Fowler tells for the first time the comprehensive inside story of how the "doomsday seed vault" came to be, while the breathtaking photographs offer a stunning guided tour not only of the private vault, but of the windswept beauty and majesty of Svalbard and the enchanting community of people in Longyearbyen. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously undermine food production and threaten the diversity of crops around the world, SEEDS ON ICE offers a personal and passionate reminder that we shouldn't take our reliance on the world of plants for granted--and that, in a very real sense, the future of the human race rides on this frozen and indispensable biodiversity.

The second book in the World Seed series. Join John Hulett as he continues his journey through the world of NeoLife, bringing his experiences and powers to play in Earth to aid against the coming storm. What exactly does the future hold for mankind?

Explores the plant cycle, how seeds grow, ways they travel, and what it takes for a seed to become a plant.

While in Mexico on vacation with her ailing husband, Larry, Debi Cartwright receives what seems to be an ordinary seed from a poor fisherman named Antonio, along with strict instructions to plant the seed and share its offspring with those in need. Not fully understanding why, Debi complies and plants the seed, giving one to Larry when seeds finally sprout. Larry is miraculously cured and knows he must now share the seed with others. Enter a nameless rich man in need of a miracle himself, who will stop at nothing, including kidnapping and murder, to gain the elusive seed whose healing powers he desires. Because Antonio possesses the seed, he is a prime target. When Antonio goes missing, his son Javier befriends a man named Miguel, whom the nameless rich man hired to kill Antonio. But after learning from Javier about the selfless life Antonio lived, Miguel is racked with guilt and experiences a change of heart, which prompts him to turn himself in to the authorities. He then goes on to share the Word from his prison cell, inspiring countless others with his seeds of hope. Larry Herndon's The Seed tells the story of a healing seed that represents the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. Travel back over two thousand years with Larry and Debi to find the origin of The Seed that heals us all.

First the Seed spotlights the history of plant breeding and shows how efforts to control the seed have shaped the emergence of the agricultural biotechnology industry. This second edition of a classic work in the political economy of science includes an extensive, new chapter updating the analysis to include the most recent developments in the struggle over the direction of crop genetic engineering. 1988 Cloth, 1990 Paperback, Cambridge University Press Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Award of the Agricultural History Society Winner of the Robert K. Merton Award of the American Sociological Association

A history of our time.