Seeds of Life

SEEDS OF IE OF LI FF LARGEST? SMALLEST? THE WORLD'S SMALLEST SEEDS ARE MADE BY RAINFOREST ORCHIDS AND ARE ONLY 1/300TH OF AN INCH THE WORLD'S LARGEST SEED COMES FROM THE COCO DE MER PALM AND CAN BE UP TO 12" LONG, 3“ ROUND AND WEIGH UP TO 20KG FLYING SEEDS BEES = SEEDS THE CLIMBING GOURD (ALSOMITRA MACROCARPA), NATIVE TO THE SUNDA ISLANDS OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, PRODUCES ONE OF THE LARGEST WINGED SEEDS. IT GROWS UP TO 5 INCHES (13 CM) WIDE INSIDE A LARGE, CLUB-SHAPED GOURD. THE FOOTBALL- SIZED GOURDS HANG FROM A VINE HIGH IN THE FOREST CANOPY, EACH PACKED WITH HUNDREDS OF WINGED SEEDS. WITHOUT POLLINATION AWARNING PLANTS CAN'T REPRODUCE IT'S A CATCH 22.PESTICIDES HELP PROTECT PLANTS FROM INFESTATIONS, BUT THE SAME CHEMICALS HAVE ALSO PROVEN TO KILL BEES WHICH THE PLANTS NEED FOR FERTILISATION. Pesticide COFFEE BEANS (THE SEEDS EXTRACTED FROM BRIGHT RED COFFEE BERRIES) ARE THE SECOND MOST TRADED COMMODITY ON EARTH... OIL IS THE FIRST World Population BILLION PEOPLE THE SVALBARD GLOBAL SEED VAULT IS BUILT INSIDE A MOUNTAIN ON THE NORWEIGAN ISLAND OF* SPITSBERGEN AND IS DESIGNED TO SURVIVE A NUCLEAR WAR SEEDS ARE THE BACKBONE OF AGRICULTURE ..„AND WHAT WE EAT WITH ALMOST 7 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE PLANET TO FEED, SEEDS ARE BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IF EVERYONE ON EARTH IS TO HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. YEEE HA! DEMON SEADS 2000m A MEXICAN JUMPING BEAN IS A SEED POD THROUGH WHICH THE LARVA OF A SMALL MOTH HAS CHEWED. IF THE SEED POD GETS HOT, THE LARVA SNAPS ITS BODY IN AN ATTEMPT TO ROLL THE BEAN TO A COOLER SPOT, THUS CREATING THE FAMOUS JUMPING' EFFECT. IF YOU EAT ENOUGH APPLE SEEDS OR CHERRY PITS, YOU COULD DIE. APPLE SEEDS CONTAIN CYANOGENIC ACIDS. CHERRY PITS, AND SEEDS FROM RELATED FRUITS, INCLUDING PEACHES, PLUMS, ALMONDS, PEARS AND APRICOTS ALSO CONTAIN POISONQUS CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES ACCORDING TO THE FAIRYTALE, JACK'S BEANSTALK REACHED THE CLOUDS. IF WE ASSUME THAT THE STALK REACHED ALTOCUMULUS CLOUDS (MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS) THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABQUT 667 TIMES TALLER THAN YOUR AVERAGE BEANSTALK! A SEEDBANK STORES SEEDS AS A SOURCE FOR PLANTING IN CASE SEED RESERVES ELSEWHERE ARE DESTROYED GLOBALLY 75% OF THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CROP PLANTS WAS LOST IN THE LAST CENTURY 817 000 000 TONNES OF MAIZE A GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (GMO) OR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISM (GEO) IS AN ORGANISM WHOSE GENETIC MATERIAL HAS BEEN ALTERED USING 75% SINCE 1902, 80 % OF THE VEGETABLE VARIETIES ONCE AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN LOST THANKS TO THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE. BRITAIN HAS LOST 97% OF ITS FRUIT AND VEGETABLE VARIETIES SINCE 1900. WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION OF MAIZE WAS 817 MILION TONNES IN 2009, MORE THAN RICE (678 MILLION TONNES) OR WHEAT (682 MILLION TONNES). IN 2009, OVER 159 MILLION HECTARES OF MAIZE WERE PLANTED WORLDWIDE, WITH A YIELD OF OVERS TONNES/HECTARE. THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF POPCORN. GENETIC ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES. THE SAFETY OF GMOS IN THE FOODCHAIN HAS BEEN QUESTIONED BY SOME, WITH CONCERNS THAT GMOS COULD INTRODUCE NEW ALLERGENS INTO FOODS, OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, ALL STUDIES PUBLISHED 2042 500 GM SEEDS? JUMBO JETS TO DATE HAVE SHOWN NO ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS RESULTING FROM HUMANS EATING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS, REMAINING CONCERNS HAVE LED TO THE ADOPTION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE SAFETY TESTING OF ANY NEW ORGANISM PRODUCED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. tpwww.guardan.co.ukenvironment/200/may 23/wildie.mdangendipecies ERRTH-TOUCH htty:/discovermagasine.com/200apr/08-seeds-langest-oldest-safest t docovemagasine.com/2009 jan/020 htheatneal com/comicu/coffee hetdiogemesi wordoress.com/2007/06/22/what-h-the-smallest-seed in-the-world gm.ntienalgeographic.com/201101/eves-bilienkunig-tet 5Hlen.wikiprdia.org/wiki/Meican junping bean Mwayneword plomareduwo FOR MORE INTERESTING NATURE INFORMATION THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE GMO, THE FLAVR SAVR TOMATO WAS ENGINEERED TO RIPEN MORE SLOWLY SO THAT IT WOULD RETAIN ITS FIRMNESS AND COLOUR LONGER. VISIT WWW.EARTH-TOUCH.COM tt chemistryabout.com/b/2007/09/12/yes-apple-seeds and-chenry pits-arepoisonous.htm D en wkipdia.org/wiMae rtp:/reesandshrubs.about.com/od breeshnubbasicsworidlargestseedCocodellerhtm bttp:/igreen.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0401/a pesticide haming-al those-bees/ http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki Geneticaly modfed_organism htty mwipeda.org/wikfia Sa IT HIT THE U.S. MARKET IN 1994. hetp:/lenwikipedia.org/wikiHeirfoom_plant http://en wikipeda.orgwkiSeedbank