Seed
Almost everything we eat starts with a seed. A lot of our dishes are actually made out of seeds: Rice, wheat, maize, coffee and beans. But the seeds also carry the plants' genetic variation and the raw material for all plant breeding. Without seeds, our plates would simply be empty.
Ever since our ancestors became farmers some ten thousand years ago we have developed our crops. The seeds from the best plants have been kept for next year. Slowly, the crops have adapted to their specific place of growth. Now, with a rapidly changing climate, these highly specialized plants are getting into trouble. The seeds are once again the key to our future.
During three years, me and Anna Liljemalm, journalist and writer, met some of the people around the globe who live their lives with a close relationship to seeds. Plant breeders, seed technicians, wheat farmers and self sufficient peasants. With their help we try to tell the story about the seeds that have given us food throughout history, and the seeds that will save us in the future.
Our story was published as the book Frö – På jakt efter framtidens mat, by Natur & Kultur in march 2020.
Ever since our ancestors became farmers some ten thousand years ago we have developed our crops. The seeds from the best plants have been kept for next year. Slowly, the crops have adapted to their specific place of growth. Now, with a rapidly changing climate, these highly specialized plants are getting into trouble. The seeds are once again the key to our future.
During three years, me and Anna Liljemalm, journalist and writer, met some of the people around the globe who live their lives with a close relationship to seeds. Plant breeders, seed technicians, wheat farmers and self sufficient peasants. With their help we try to tell the story about the seeds that have given us food throughout history, and the seeds that will save us in the future.
Our story was published as the book Frö – På jakt efter framtidens mat, by Natur & Kultur in march 2020.
