It is essential that we preserve the remaining crop varieties that we still have. An insurance policy for climate changeBut even apart from this ecological damage, some agronomists question the wisdom of planting only one crop. There is little effort to develop locally adapted crop varieties, whose sale would be too modest to interest big agriculture. To date, Native Seeds Search has preserved 2,000 unique landraces native to the American Southwest. Agricultural research budgets slashedBut who is going to pay for this?