It allows them to maintain a crop diversity that would otherwise be impractical.

In less than a century, market pressures for uniformity have slaughtered crop diversity.

By contrast, the use of crop diversity to improve soil health is a low cost, and thus far more sustainable, solution.

The trust aims to ensure, "the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide."

"The opening of the seed vault marks a historic turning point in safeguarding the world's crop diversity," he said.

The wise use of crop genetic diversity in plant breeding can contribute significantly to protecting the environment.

Ending monocultures grown under disease conditions by introducing crop diversity has greatly increased yields.

The foundation committed $1 million to promote organic seed research and conserve crop genetic diversity.

Michigan grows an incredible variety of crops, second only to California in crop diversity.

Interspecific crop diversity is, in part, responsible for offering variety in what we eat.