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- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2011
Summary
The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed him as a scapegoat for the country’s famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collecting hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity and guard against widespread hunger. Now, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781610910033 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1610910036 |
| Author: | Gary Paul Nabhan |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm |
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“Nine Must-Read Books” (on Eating Well) “Mixing the compulsively readable insights of a well-researched biography with the painstaking details of a scientific treatise, Nabhan offers a historical and contemporary framework for determining the viability of sustainable agriculture.” (Booklist) “A blend of travelogue and biography, Nabhan’s book is a sobering reminder that while food is necessary for our survival, it is not always easy to come by, nor is access to food completely under our control.” (Bloomsbury Review)”
About The Author
Gary Paul Nabhan
Gary Paul Nabhan is a world-renowned ethnobiologist, conservationist, and essayist. The author of Why Some Like It Hot, Coming Home to Eat, and many other books and articles, he has been honored with a M MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and The John Burroughs Medal for nature writing. Founder and facilitator of the Renewing America’s Food Traditions collaborative, he is currently a Research Social Scientist at the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona.
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