Thread by @ClimateHuman

This is one of the saddest things in the world - the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. We should be preserving genetic diversity in our food plants through joyful biodiverse cultivation, instead we have a grim and vulnerable system of corporate monocultures

Also, as someone who does a little food cultivation himself, I can tell you that homegrown food tastes far better than anything you can buy. So much of the food available to us from these monocultures in grocery stores is like a faded version of what is possible

Photo was taken from this excellent reporting
theguardian.com/food/ng-intera…

I thought it was clear, but given some comments I'll clarify: I don't think the seed vault is bad, and I appreciate the rare foresight that led to its existence. I find it sad that it is necessary because of extractive capitalism that seeks profit instead of flourishing for all