Miller Magazine Issue:114 June 2019

56 JUNE 2019 Ancestry wheat are cultural inheritance elements. They contributed to the history of a region. So we can not compare them with modern seeds. We should see them as the most important element of cultural inheritance. We also have to pay importance to certified seeds, yield, protection against plant diseases and tolerating harsh climate conditions. Our aim should be to transfer those seeds as an inheritance to next generations. Ancestry seeds or modern ones? Mine Ataman Bread and Bakery Products Consultant Humankind started to take root on earth after a wise woman sowed a handful of whe- at to the soil and birds carried wheat to all over the world. Women have carried seed and hope from one generation to another for thousands of years in wedding chests to floor tables and leavened the culture. All genetic inheritance of seeds have been transfer- red to soil via necklaces of women through housed of families they have been married into. Amazon women inherited their domi- nant personality traits as decision makers of agricultural work from many centuries. The woman packed the seeds of their era and ge- ography with necklaces into cotton clothes. The seed inside necklaces represented the heritage she inherited from her mother; her ability and knowledge as a farmer and her desire to transfer those traits and take root and exist.