The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been called the “ultimate safety net” for the diversity of the world’s food plants, but melting snow and rainfall have resulted in water entering the vault. 4Patriots LLC officials offer individuals their own seed vaults.

Nashville, TN , United States - May 24, 2017 /MarketersMedia/ —

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located about 800 miles from the North Pole on the Norwegian island of Spitsberger near the town of Longyearbyen, stores duplicates of seeds from seed collections around the world. This ensures that the genetic diversity of the world’s food crops is preserved for future generations. Called the “ultimate safety net” for the diversity of the world’s food plants – as well as the “Doomsday Vault” – it is a maximum security facility.

But now we know it can be breached. According to The Guardian and other media outlets, unusually high temperatures over the winter caused melting ice to gush into the entrance tunnel. Fortunately, none of the 1 million-plus seed samples were damaged, but vault officials had to hack their way through ice that formed after water entered the vault and froze.

“Regardless of what happens to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the future, individuals can possess their own stockpile of non-GMO vegetable seeds to use for planting, growing, harvesting, replanting and storing for the future,” said Allen Baler, Partner at Nashville, Tenn.-based 4Patriots LLC, a company that provides a variety of products that help people become more self-reliant and independent.

“All they have to do is purchase the Liberty Seed Vault , which provides a path to independence and self-sufficiency.”

This air-tight, metal storage container includes more than 5,340 heirloom seeds from 22 varieties of vegetables including broccoli, spinach, carrots, squash, corn, tomatoes, onions, beets and zucchini. Each order is accompanied by four guides and a 100 percent money-back guarantee.

“After growing and enjoying these nutritious vegetables, gardeners can use the seeds from the harvest for next year’s crops, so they never have to buy seeds again,” Baler said. “This strategy provides additional benefits because it allows people to be less affected by food shortages and increasing food prices.”

Genetically modified foods are plants or animals that have had genes copied from other plants or animals inserted into their DNA. While farmers have been selectively breeding plants for centuries, this particular genetic manipulation is done in a lab, speeding up the process by transferring a gene from one plant or animal to another. The engineering is done to create certain traits, such as resistance to herbicides.

The genes of the seeds stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault should help the next generation find properties that will make the cultivated plants of the future successful. Many of the seeds in the vault were collected from developing countries, so if those countries’ seeds are misplaced or destroyed by natural disasters or war, they can be replaced by seeds from the vault.

The vault consists entirely of an underground cavern blasted out of the permafrost. It’s designed for a nearly endless lifetime. There are three separate underground chambers in this global repository, each of which has a storage capacity of 1.5 million seed samples. The walls protecting the seed collections are formed of thick, steel-reinforced concrete. Two airlocks and two blast-proof doors provide the only entry points.

The constant inside temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Combined with limited access to oxygen, this ensures low metabolic activity, which delays the aging of the seeds. The seeds inside the vault are packaged in special four-ply packets and placed in plastic tote containers in metal shelving racks. This heat-sealing is done to keep moisture out. The vault could preserve seeds from most major food crops for hundreds of years. Some of the seeds, including those of important grains, could survive for much longer, possibly even thousands of years.

SurvivalSeeds4Patriots is the premier source for heirloom, non-hybrid, non-GMO seeds people can use in their gardens to grow nutritious vegetables. Containing more than 5,340 heirloom seeds from 22 varieties of vegetables, the Liberty Seed Vault allows people to achieve independence and self-reliance, despite whatever food shortages and price increases might occur.

Contact Info:
Name: Tim Boyle
Email: timm.boyle@4patriots.com
Organization: 4Patriots LLC

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