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Copy of tweet here: 3/ Much as the American people are drawn from across the planet: so, analogously, are our biodiversity collections. All told, a bio-cultural union, synthesis and synergy, grounded in the Real, affording us access to an unprecedented regenerative partnership. So, who in Oregon planted the 4,500 unique varieties making up the world’s most diverse apple orchard and, as such, a cornerstone planetary resource for foodshed experts researching ‘future heirlooms’? As it happens, the American-born son of a Ukrainian mother and Russian father. Image of @nick_routledge with Nick Botner, originator of the world's most diverse apple orchard.