Seeds of hope: how do you defend a precious food source in a famine?
A botanist risked his life to save a crucial collection of potatoes during the German advance in World War II, highlighting the importance of biodiversity.
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad by Simon Parkin review the botanists who defied Hitler
Leningrad's Plant Institute's seed bank represented hope amidst starvation, presenting a moral dilemma of preservation versus survival during the siege.