b'Russias AttackON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,the state of the globe changed drastically for the second time since 2019: first, with COVID-19, and second, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Threatens NotThe invasion is ongoing, and with Ukrainian ports to the Black Sea closed since the state of agriculture in that area of Europeas well as global ramificationsis up in the air.Only UkrainianA Conflict Close to Home For some, this invasion hits closer to home than others. Though Tatiana Henry wasnt in Ukraine at the start of the invasion, the CEO of Limagrain Cereal Seeds and Limagrain Lives, But GlobalCereals Research Canada was born in the small mountain town of Drohobeach in 1976, and many of her friends and family remain in Ukraine today. This isnt the first time shes dealt with aggression from Russia Food Security towards Ukraine.In 2014, Henry worked at Europes Limagrain Field Seeds officeand got caught in a challenging situation with her team. After a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas region of Ukraine collapsed, an armed conflict began. As Russias onslaught continues, Henrys team was charged with ensuring growers had access to field seeds, but she also oversaw two side-by-side teamsa Ukrainians seed sectorteam of Russians and a team of Ukrainians. The biggest chal-could become second priority lenge for her? When conflict began, the two teams couldnt be in behind protecting the country.contact regularly. It was so hard, but despite everything, we were very suc-Alex Martin, Marc Zienkiewicz and Ally Roden cessful. We managed to supply seed for all our territories, even those affected by the military conflict. Our people delivered the 22/ SEEDWORLD.COMJUNE 2022'