Who else would have access to the best stocked pantry in the world but Martha Stewart?
The lifestyle guru is inviting a member of the public to join her on the first ever expedition to the ‘doomsday’ Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic.
Buried beneath the world’s northernmost town on an island in the icy reaches of Norway, the vault contains around half a billion seeds of just about every type of crop on the planet.
The facility is run by the Crop Trust, whose goal is building a global system to conserve the world’s crop diversity forever.
Normally closed to the public, Martha is leading the inaugural trip to the vault which is carved deep into the side of a mountain on Spitsbergen Island, and closely resembles a James Bond villain’s lair.
The location was chosen because of its lack of tectonic activity, and its remoteness protects against interference, while the permafrost ensures the seeds are preserved even if electricity fails.
The contents are handled like a safe deposit box in a bank; While Norway owns the facility itself, the governments of the individual countries who donated the seeds retain ownership of each deposit.
The Trust is attempting to raise money to make the vault sustainable forever.
It needs $850million in total from public and private sources for its Crop Diversity Endowment Fund, part of which goes toward maintaining the vault; Bill and Melinda Gates for example have already donated $30million.
‘Their sole mission is to ensure the future of food security,’ Martha said.
According to the Trust, in the last 100 years, 93 per cent of the known fruit and vegetable varieties in the US have already become extinct.
As part of the fundraiser, a donation of just $10 to the campaign is in with a chance of a place on the expedition, which includes flights, accommodation, a champagne reception to view the Northern Lights, a polar bear tour, dog sledding, glacial cave exploration, and an unprecedented private tour of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault itself.
The winner will also get to share an intimate dinner discussion with leading food scientists and global policy makers — and of course Martha.
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“The facility is run by the Crop Trust, whose goal is building a global system to conserve the world’s crop diversity forever.”
For the elite, that is.
The rest of us are stuck with GMO’s.
Freeze the thieving jewb#tch while she’s there.
For posterity, of course.
There won’t be any “Elite” when we get done with this
So it’s ours , and they can KMA
DAMN STRAIGHT, EOTS!!!
Well, I don’t know guys.
I sort of like the idea of an ‘Elite Hard Labor Force’.
Martha can cook for them.
“Martha can cook for them.”
She’s an ex-felon, so she’ll fit right in.
The future depends on heirloom seeds. Those seeds. Heirloom seeds…Most fruit and vegetables at the supermarket today are connected to Monsanto and the seeds inside are sterile. They will not grow if put in the ground. Children especially must be taught the truth! More and more people leave farming in frustration every day. It’s just not in our human nature be a slave that eats out of cans.
Haha!!! Hope she freezes. Just make sure her frozen body stays out of the seed vault area. I don’t want her contaminating the seeds.
Every year I save my seeds for the next year garden . Been doing this for over 20 years now . I have green bean seeds that’s been in my family for over 100 years . We also place all the seeds in the deep freezer.
Those seeds will be in great demand sooner rather than later…..hope you have your ‘vault’ secured…..
‘The winner will also get to share an intimate dinner discussion with leading food scientists and global policy makers ‘….i.e. Monsanto and commies
‘The contents are handled like a safe deposit box in a bank; While Norway owns the facility itself, the governments of the individual countries who donated the seeds retain ownership of each deposit.’ …..HAHAHAHAHA you mean like gold?