Never Out of Season

Engrossing… [Dunn] mediates on the humility with which his colleagues and forebears have preserved the planet’s botany… shows how we have been spared catastrophe by legions of unsung heroes and heroines working across a range of crops, from cassava to cocoa to rubber to wheat. * Raj Patel, New York Times *A convincing argument that the agricultural revolution that has made food more readily available around the world contains the seeds of its own destruction…. An alarming account but one suggesting that, armed with knowledge, we can reverse this way of treating the plants that feed us and find a way toward a more sustainable diet. * Kirkus *Forget about cooking books. This is the most important book you will read about food this year. Every single page has surprising facts and insights. The health of the planet depends on us eating more plants. But the monoculture of our foods that dominates global crops could have disastrous effects if we don’t begin to think differently. Never Out of Season will change forever the way you look at a potato, a banana, or your chocolate bar. * Peter C. Kjærgaard, Museum Director and Professor of Evolutionary History, Natural History Museum of Denmark *

Rob Dunn is a professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University and in the Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of The Man Who Touched His Own Heart, The Wild Life of Our Bodies, and Every Living Thing, and his magazine work is published widely, including in National Geographic, Natural History, New Scientist, Scientific American, and Smithsonian. He has a PhD from the University of Connecticut and was a Fulbright Fellow. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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