The Commonwealth Potato Collection

An extra special seed collecting trip! 🌱

Join Cate Blanchett, Kew's Ambassador for Wakehurst, on a seed collecting mission in the latest episode of our podcast series, Unearthed: The need for seeds 🎧

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Hidden in the Arctic lies one of the world's greatest treasures: seeds! 🫘❄️

The Global Seed Vault safeguards over 1.3 million crop #seeds from around the world, operating under the framework of the @fao.org and Plant Treaty, with support from Norway, @nordgen.bsky.social & @croptrust.bsky.social.

Learn a bit more about the UK's only potato genebank and how this resource is being used to create better, more resilient varieties! Join us at the V & A Dundee this Saturday at 2:45pm for an introduction to our collection #cpc #genebank #potatoes

Join us at the V&A Dundee from 2pm onwards to discover the secrets of the Commonwealth Potato Collection with our pop-up roadshow! #cpc #genebank

For people inside a greenhouse filled with potatoes grown

Great visit to the commonwealth potato collection today. Love a lab coat visit.

🌱Seeds are tiny.
🌱Seeds are mighty.
🌱Seeds feed the world.
🌱No seeds, no food.
🌱No seeds, no future.

#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity

@fao.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @croptrust.bsky.social @cgiar.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social @ifpri.org @irriofficial.bsky.social @seedfed.bsky.social

Congratulations and a big thanks to Paul and Lucy from APHA for allowing me to showcase the CPC on their gold winning display at RHS Chelsea! #potato #biodiversity #seeds #genebank

Join me today in the Pavilion along with APHA to learn more about our collection. #potato #biodiversity #genebank

Plant Genetic Resources (PGRFA) are vital for food security!

They help us adapt to climate change, resist pests, conserve #biodiversity, & improve livelihoods. 🌍

Join our mission👉🏼 bit.ly/4dkk2PO

@fao.org @seedfed.bsky.social @croptrust.bsky.social @ipbes.net @cgiar.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

🥔 Potato: The path to a brighter future 🌍

Join the National Potato Innovation Centre (#NPIC) for a special #InternationalDayOfPotato webinar. Discover the key opportunities and challenges in UK #potato production.

📅 30 May | 🕘 9.00am

🎟️ Register: ow.ly/9HZv50VQYke

Panoramic view of Madagascar’s Itremo Massif showing rolling hills, patchy forest cover, and a plume of smoke rising from the valley floor.

🌄 Ten years. 749 species. One extraordinary mountain range.

Our new checklist for Madagascar’s Itremo Massif reveals over 500 endemic plants - including 70 found nowhere else on Earth 🌍

#Conservation #Madagascar

BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - BARIToNE: AI for Pedigree Insight: Advancing Climate-Resilient Barley Breeding (Project code 25L) at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com

We have 2 PhD oppertunities coming up working with @intbarleyhub.bsky.social and the University of Dundee. The first one is looking at plant pedigrees and is supported by the Global Crop Diversity Trust under the BOLD project bold.croptrust.org

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A busy week for us! From the planting of our pollination parents to the testing of our CPC seedlings. Thanks to Alison and her team for preparing the beds for planting 😀
#potato #biodiversity #seeds #horticulture #genebank

The season has kicked off with great momentum! Keep up to date with our progress through the growing season.
#CPC #Potato #Seed #Biodiversity #Horticulture

First signs of germination!
#seeds #potato #biodiversity

@pauldshaw.bsky.social speaks at the #BreedingValue workshop on advanced #berry breeding and the important part #Germinate plays in the data aggregation and distribution.

#potato #biodiversity #horticulture

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An announcement image for Biodiversity Media Grants 2025 featuring a vibrant close-up photo of a multicolored chameleon on a branch against a blurred green background. The text describes EJN's grant program offering €10,000-12,000 to organizations for biodiversity reporting projects. The deadline "APPLY BY MARCH 30, 2025" appears in white text on a green banner. The Earth Journalism Network logo is visible at the bottom. The image combines professional typography with nature photography, using a green color scheme that complements the biodiversity theme.

Biodiversity Media Grants 2025 – approaching deadline! 🌍🧪

@earthjournalism.bsky.social is offering grants (up to €12k) to media organizations from low- or middle-income countries to boost #biodiversity reporting.

Deadline: 📅 March 30, 2025

🔗Apply 👉 loom.ly/oll1WRE

It's been busy in Madagascar on our 2025 Herbarium Techniques course!

Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!

#potato #biodiversity

Follow along this season for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the Commonwealth Potato Collection.