In
February 2008, Norway announced the opening of
the "doomsday" seed vault. Built deep
within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian
archipelago of Svalbard, this vault was built
to protect millions of food crop seeds from climate
change, wars and the coming man-made and natural
disasters. Realizing that coming change is inevitable,
officials from around the world have described
the doomsday vault in terms such as “a Noah's
Ark for securing biological diversity for future
generations”, and “the frozen Garden
of Eden”.
I personally see the construction of this seed
vault to be a grand idea. Not only will the seeds
provide select individuals with future food sources,
but it also serves as an official acknowledgement
that the world governments absolutely, with out
a doubt know a global disaster is coming. What
concerns me most is that the millions of frozen
seeds housed within the doomsday seed vault will
not be enough to adequately provide food to all
whom survives the coming near destruction of human
life. Also, how will these seeds be distributed
and divided, and will we, as described by BP Chairman
Carl-Henric Svanberg, “the small people”
even be consider worthy to receive any of the
seeds?
As it turns out, there are nearly 1,500 large
seed banks owned and operated by organizations
and governments around the world. In addition,
personal seed banks purchased and stored by individuals
to provide long term food sources for their own
families are at an all time high. The importance
of these personal seed banks has been promoted
and encouraged by such prominent personalities
as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity who have stated
that food seeds will eventually be more valuable
then gold.
Like many of you, I am now stockpiling food,
water and other disaster preparedness supplies.
I do however realize that my supplies will only
last a short while, and that a long-term solution
for continuing survival is necessary. With that
in mind, I decided that I too need a personal
seed bank.
After much research and not being a gardener myself,
I came to realize that not all seeds are suitable
for long term storage and viability. You can’t
just buy paper packages of seeds now and expect
them to last long enough to produce the amount
of food you and your family will needs in the
future. Therefore, the best possible solution
for me was the prepackaged Emergency
Seed Bank.
Although there are a number of personal seed
banks available now, I chose the Emergency
Seed Bank for a variety of reasons. First
and foremost was the price in comparison to the
number of seeds I received. Like most of you,
I am not rich and wanted the most seeds for my
money. Next was the packaging. The seeds I received
were packaged in a re-sealable, triple-layer,
Mylar, airtight bag like the ones used in the
doomsday vault. The individual packages are then
put in a metal military grade, waterproof container
for easy storage. Lastly, I liked the continuing
support that this company provides in the form
of newsletters, videos and how-to materials.
I’m not sure if there will ever come a
time when I will actually have to use these seeds,
but based on everything that is going on in the
world today, I may need them sooner then I think.
In
February 2008, Norway announced the opening of
the "doomsday" seed vault. Built deep
within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian
archipelago of Svalbard, this vault was built
to protect millions of food crop seeds from climate
change, wars and the coming man-made and natural
disasters. Realizing that coming change is inevitable,
officials from around the world have described
the doomsday vault in terms such as “a Noah's
Ark for securing biological diversity for future
generations”, and “the frozen Garden
of Eden”.