b'CONTENTS / JUNE 2020Features The USMCA and IP04ProtectionA myriad of benefits will be realized from signing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Leading in a 06Virtual WorldASTAs outgoing chair talks about challenges and successes during the organizations most challenging time in recent memory. The Future Starts Now 1004 Seed Breeders hold the keys to combating climate change. The Road to Svalbard 18The Cherokee Nation made an unprecedented decision this fall: to deposit seeds into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.A Day In the Lab with28BioConsortia5 skills that help them to innovate.Plant Breeding:30Art or Science?Office-bound plant breeders 18 would miss the anomalies that can really be important and informative.Adjusting to a New Normal 32Diego Risso of the Seed Association of the Americas chats with Seed World about members experiences during COVID-19. Q&A with Brad May 48Brad May chats about how, even during this COVID-19 crisis, the seed industry can show off new innovation techniques to help make a 48 difference in the world. JUNE 2020SEEDWORLD.COM /1'