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_aRay, Janisse, _d1962- _9219341 |
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_aThe seed underground : _ba growing revolution to save food / _cJanisse Ray. |
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_aWhite River Junction, Vt. : _bChelsea Green Pub., _cc2012. |
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_axv, 217 p. ; _c24 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-211), filmography (p. 211), and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aMore gardens, less gas -- A brief history of industrial agriculture -- Me growing up -- Sycamore -- What is broken -- A rind is a terrible thing to waste -- Losing the Conch cowpea -- Hooking up -- Sylvia's garden -- Keeping preacher beans alive -- Oakreez -- The poet who saved seed -- The anatomy of inflorescence: a quick lesson -- Red earth -- Pilgrimage to Mecca -- The pollinator -- The bad genie is out of the bottle -- Tomato man -- How to save tomato seeds -- Sweet potato queen -- Keener corn -- Getting the conch back -- Winning the mustaprovince -- Basic seed saving -- Seeds will make you a thief -- Gifts -- Seed banking -- Grassroots resistance -- Public breeding, private profit -- Breed your own -- Wheat anarchists -- A vanishing plant wisdom -- Stop walking around doing nothing -- Last stand. | |
520 | _aDiscusses the loss of fruit and vegetable varieties and the genetically modified industrial monocultures being used today, shares the author's personal experiences growing, saving, and swapping seeds, and deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds. | ||
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