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”. 