Comments on: Pop!Tech – Backing up global agriculture http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/10/19/poptech-backing-up-global-agriculture/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy Cherfas http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/10/19/poptech-backing-up-global-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-586973 Jeremy Cherfas Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:41:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/10/19/poptech-backing-up-global-agriculture/#comment-586973 Sorry, I messed up the link. The blog post is <a href="http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/10/arctic-seed-monkeys-in-publicity-storm/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I hope I've done it right this time. Sorry, I messed up the link. The blog post is here.

I hope I’ve done it right this time.

]]> By: Jeremy Cherfas http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/10/19/poptech-backing-up-global-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-586812 Jeremy Cherfas Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:26:36 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/10/19/poptech-backing-up-global-agriculture/#comment-586812 I'm glad you found Cary Fowler inspirational; he needs to be, if the Global Crop Diversity Trust is going to raise the full endowment it seeks to fund work that goes way beyond the Doomsday Vault. There was a fun piece in the LA Times a couple of weeks back, which I blogged about. But the fact is that the rest of the Trust's work, which I admit is not nearly as glamorous or exciting, just dull old insurance conservation in existing genebanks, needs support too. I’m glad you found Cary Fowler inspirational; he needs to be, if the Global Crop Diversity Trust is going to raise the full endowment it seeks to fund work that goes way beyond the Doomsday Vault.

There was a fun piece in the LA Times a couple of weeks back, which I blogged about. But the fact is that the rest of the Trust’s work, which I admit is not nearly as glamorous or exciting, just dull old insurance conservation in existing genebanks, needs support too.

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