January 03, 2025
During World War II the 872-day Siege of Leningrad left the city devoid of food. The city (now St. Petersburg) was home to the Bureau of Applied Botany, which maintained a seed bank to safeguard the world’s food supply. Botanists who worked there starved to death rather than consume the seeds intended for future famine relief.
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