Ayurella Horn-Muller is an award-winning journalist who has reported for Axios and Climate Central. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Guardian, USA TODAY, NPR, PBS NewsHour, and other publications. Her debut book "Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South" is due out in the spring.
The ancient agricultural practice of seed-keeping is becoming increasingly more important for regions that depend on subsistence farming as they face the disproportionate impacts of the warming planet.