I wish this article provided more context. Apart from the Svalbard facility, there are more than a 1,000 seed banks [1] around the world. Interestingly, but not

I wish this article provided more context. Apart from the Svalbard facility, there are more than a 1,000 seed banks [1] around the world. Interestingly, but not surprisingly, the world's first, and for a long time largest seed collection isn't mentioned in either article. A heroic story [2] associated with that collection is worth knowing. [1] https://www.agprofessional.com/article/update-worlds-15-largest-seed-banks https://www.agprofessional.com/article/update-worlds-15-larg... [2] https://www.rbth.com/blogs/2014/05/12/the_men_who_starved_to_death_to_save_the_worlds_seeds_35135 https://www.rbth.com/blogs/2014/05/12/the_men_who_starved_to...