Ebook: The seed underground: a growing revolution to save food
Author: Ray Janisse
- Tags: Fruit--Heirloom varieties--United States, Fruit--Seeds--United States, Seeds--United States, Vegetables--Heirloom varieties--United States, Vegetables--Seeds--United States, Gardening--United States, Seeds, Vegetables--Heirloom varieties, Vegetables--Seeds, Fruit--Heirloom varieties, Fruit--Seeds, Gardening, Anecdotes, Seeds -- United States, Vegetables -- Heirloom varieties -- United States, Fruit -- Heirloom varieties -- United States, Vegetables -- Seeds -- United States, Fruit -- Seeds -- United States, Garde
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
- City: Totnes;White River Junction;Vt;United States
- Language: English
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There is no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions-sun and water, warmth and soil-to be set free. Everyday, millions upon millions of seeds lift their two green wings.
At no time in our history have Americans been more obsessed with food. Options- including those for local, sustainable, and organic food-seem limitless. And yet, our food supply is profoundly at risk. Farmers and gardeners a century ago had five times the possibilities of what to plant than farmers and gardeners do today; we are losing untold numbers of plant varieties to genetically modified industrial monocultures. In her latest work of literary nonfiction, award-winning author and activist Janisse Ray argues that if we are to secure the future of food, we first must understand where it all begins: the seed.
The Seed Underground is a journey to the frontier of seed-saving. It is driven by stories, both the author's own and those from people who are waging a lush...