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Aleppo's Seeds Needed a Field in Terbol

There are two ways to keep a crop variety from going extinct, and I keep switching sides on which one matters more. One is to dry the seed, seal it, and freeze it in a mountain. The other is to keep planting it every year in the place where it was bred. People call these ex situ and in situ …