Hot peppers are now in the doomsday seed vault.
In article >,
"Tom Biasi" > wrote:
> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
> ...
> > WASHINGTON (AP) - Wenk's Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the
> > unpredictably hot San Juan "Tsiles" chili peppers have safely arrived
> > at a "doomsday" vault in the Arctic.
> >
> > Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., says he and other congressmen delivered seeds
> > from the pepper varieties on Sunday to a Norwegian seed bank on the
> > remote Svalbard archipelago.
> >
> > Operators say the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has the world's most
> > diverse repository of crop seeds and is a safeguard against war or
> > natural disasters that could wipe out food crops.
> >
> > The seeds came from a Department of Agriculture collection in
> > Colorado. In addition to peppers, seeds for plants including peanuts
> > and melons were sent to the vault.
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> > To me, this is one of the most important things civilized man has
> > done........preserve the seeds of Earths' bounty.
>
> They better have some barley and yeast cultures in there.
>
> Tom
> >
And some hops seeds. ;-)
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