The ‘craziest idea anybody ever had’ could save us all during World War 3

The Vault was opened in 2008 (Picture: AFP via Getty)Once called ‘the craziest idea anybody ever had’, the men behind the doomsday seed vault have won the World Food prize. Around 20 years ago, Dr Cary Fowler and Dr Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to protect the world’s food supply and came up with the idea of a seed vault, hidden in the side of an Arctic mountain.Now, they have been named the 2024 World Food Prize Laureate