Food plant diversity is essential to our food security, health and nutrition, and cultures, and is critical to sustainable agriculture. With the world facing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity accelerated by the climate crisis, we’re helping launch a new global collaboration: the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants. We’re proud to partner with New York Botanical Garden, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, the Crop Trust, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United N

The productivity and sustainability of agriculture, forestry and fisheries depend on healthy and biodiversity-rich ecosystems. Biodiversity for food and agriculture can be managed to maintain or enhance ecosystem functions to optimize agricultural production, and contribute to the resilience of ecosystems. | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)