Crop plants move. They have since time began, journeying from their centres of origin and domestication into other parts of the world. Crops adapted and diversified, and for millennia have supplied humanity with the bases for cultural vibrancy, livelihood security, and environmental sustainability.

The ingenuity of our ancestors in crop domestication is equally remarkable. Our predecessors perpetuated crop intensification and diversification. Under their care, crops increased their capacity to respond to unfavourable human and ecological variations and extremes. By so doing, ancient and modern seed custodians ensured societal and environmental resiliency and sustainability because seeds are life at rest, perpetuation of plant life is possible. Truly, all starts with seeds.