<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/link-2025-10-seeds-of-hope-focus.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Seeds of Hope</title><description>Plant researchers are racing to build climate-resilient crops before global food systms reach a breaking point.</description><pubDate>10/15/2025</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-10-sue-rhee-seeds-of-hope-preview.jpg" alt="portrait of MSU researcher Sue Rhee wearing a white lab coat and holding a plant that is growing from a large glass beaker"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://spartanscience.natsci.msu.edu/seeds-of-hope.html</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Climate and Sustainability,Plant Sciences</categories><broadcast/></item>