Raluca Besliu and Katharina Wecker

A man in a garden is surrounded by colorful vegetables in this illustration by Suryaa Rajan
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Seeds of resistance: The fight to preserve Europe’s peasant seeds

Before industrialized farming conquered the continent, the crops that fed Europe were adaptable varieties that evolved as peasants freely exchanged seeds, from harvest to sowing, generation after generation. Reviving these seed systems could protect our food supply from future climate shocks – if EU regulations don’t strangle them out completely.

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