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A close-up photo of a grouping of glass bottles with handwritten labels, and filled with grain seeds. Small, printed yellow paper envelopes are laid out in front of the bottles.
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Food for the future: How Canada's seed bank is protecting crop plants for tomorrow

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Jan 19, 2021
Follow Science Advisor Renée-Claude Goulet for a behind-the-scenes look at Canada’s plant gene bank, where our agricultural biodiversity is collected and preserved.
Two men stand in a dirt field; one bores into the soil while the other looks on.
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Excavating Canadian soil science history

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Dec 5, 2018
In honour of World Soil Day, this blog post reports on a collaborative research project that explores the history of soil science in Canada. Launched in June 2018, the project documents the history of Canadian soil scientists and their research programs, as well as their documentary and artefactual heritage. This project was generously funded by the Canadian Soil Information Service at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.