Nearly a million samples of important seeds from all around the world have already been shipped to the island with hopes this will secure food resources in an Armageddon scenario. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Australian Grains Genebank deliver to Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The site, which is famously known as the Doomsday Vault, has a capacity for 4.5 million varieties of crops, with a maximum of 2.5 billion seeds, reports Time. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. The 'doomsday' seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his ten years in the role. Snow blows off the Svalbard Global Seed Vault before being inaugurated at sunrise, Tuesday, Feb. Gregor Heard is Fairfax Ag Media's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria.