SAN VICENTE DE TAGUA TAGUA, Chile, Nov 18 (Reuters) - An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians, aim to protect the traditional crops of their ancestors, keeping ...

A group known as "seed guardians" in Chile are collecting, trading and planting hundreds of seeds to preserve forgotten varieties of vegetables in tradition with the indigenous Mapuche people.

Seeds provide most of the calories humanity eats, yet the cells that decide how big each seed becomes have remained a mystery ...

A group of farmers in Chile, called "seed guardians", are working to preserve and distribute crop varieties that have cultural or biodiversity significance and may be in danger of disappearing.

Parthenogenic haploid seed germination, in vitro culture, chromosome doubling and the complete doubled haploid process. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08798-2.

Mapuche native cook and farmer Ana Yanez Antillanca, known as a 'Seed guardian', shows 'egg pumpkin' seeds as she meets with comrades to exchange forgotten vegetables varieties, in Rancagua, Chile ...

Pablo Caceres, a seed guardian and chef at Vik Winery's Pavilion restaurant in the Millahue Valley in central Chile, said he normally finds no more than five varieties of tomatoes at markets and fairs ...