The soil seed bank is a natural reserve of seeds in the soil. Plants drop seeds that lie dormant, sometimes for a thousand years, and wait for favorable conditions to germinate and grow into a new ...

This time of year, harvest is in full swing. For more than a century, one family-owned company has helped make the Treasure Valley a world leader in sweet corn seed. Crookham Company has been rooted ...

How do we make sure we can keep growing our most popular fruits and vegetables far into the future? Climate change has been affecting farms for years, with floods washing away crops, unpredictable ...

Humans are not the only creatures who know how to invest. Plant communities have a secret “trust fund” buried underground: the soil seed bank. The soil seed bank is a natural reserve of seeds in the ...