Inside the Colorado Vault That Keeps Your Favorite Foods From Going Extinct
From heirloom potatoes to honeybee sperm, this collection works to preserve our invaluable agricultural diversity
By Simran Sethi, The New Food Economy
smithsonian.com
March 9, 2018
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