Rare breeds frozen in time- the misfits of modern argibusinessstory from the New York Times
Where once there were thousands of options, the food industry has selected a few high yielding seeds to plant the majority of our crops with. The same goes the story for livestock.
Meet chip (picture above). He is a Tennessee fainting goat. He lives on a farm preserving 45, 000 sperm and embryos from heritage animals. He is also unofficial mascot of the Swiss Village complex, a facility in New Port, USA.
Why is this important?
1. For biological diversity
2. It is a safety valve for diversity
3. We are dangerously interbreeding
4. Because 93% of the milk we drink is from 1 species of cow and 1 single bull
5. Because heritage breeds thrive on smaller farms, like the urban farms of the future
6. These animals fit in to the locavore movement
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