{"product_id":"the-seed-vault-sarah-kendrick-9798248997367","title":"The Seed Vault","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a new crop pathogen begins tearing through commercial corn across Iowa, most counties wait for federal guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarlan County doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Foster, the local extension agent, watches neighboring farms lose entire fields to a fast-moving fungal strain that thrives in genetically uniform hybrid crops. The supply chain that once promised stability now reveals its fragility. Seed companies offer reassurances. Regulators urge patience. But planting season is closing fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of waiting, Claire turns to something most of modern agriculture left behind: heritage seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of an aging farmer who has saved open-pollinated varieties for fifty years, a skeptical mayor, and a former corporate agronomist who walked away from the system, Claire builds a community seed library in a church fellowship hall. Farmers relearn how to save seeds. Neighbors share varieties their grandparents once grew. Knowledge moves from generation to generation-just in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as commercial crops begin to fail in Harlan County, outside interest follows. A powerful seed corporation sees opportunity in crisis. Regulators start asking questions. And Claire must decide whether resilience can remain in community hands-or whether it will be absorbed back into the very system that failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seed Vault\u003c\/i\u003e is a grounded, clean speculative drama about food security, agricultural resilience, and the quiet power of local action when centralized systems begin to crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who appreciate: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReal-world science grounded in plausible agriculture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunity-driven problem solving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstitutional tension without dystopian excess\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eRural settings with modern stakes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a post-apocalyptic thriller.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a story about what happens before collapse-when people still have a chance to choose differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Kendrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248997367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Sarah Kendrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084135637247,"sku":"9798248997367","price":11.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-seed-vault-sarah-kendrick-9798248997367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}