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Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov´s Quest to End Famine
Gary Paul Nabhan
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Description for Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov´s Quest to End Famine
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, photo insert, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
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, another remarkable scientist—and vivid storyteller—has retraced his footsteps. In Where Our Food Comes From, Gary Paul Nabhan ... Read more
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, another remarkable scientist—and vivid storyteller—has retraced his footsteps. In Where Our Food Comes From, Gary Paul Nabhan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781610910033
SKU
V9781610910033
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Ref
99-15
About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov´s Quest to End Famine
"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 ... Read more