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The seed underground : a growing revolution to save food / Janisse Ray.
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Title:The seed underground : a growing revolution to save food / Janisse Ray.
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Author/Creator:Ray, Janisse, 1962-
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Published/Created:White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., ©2012.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
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Call Number: SB117.3 .R39 2012
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Seeds--United States.
Vegetables--Heirloom varieties--United States.
Fruit--Heirloom varieties--United States.
Vegetables--Seeds--United States.
Fruit--Seeds--United States.
Gardening--United States--Anecdotes.
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Genre/Form: Anecdotes.
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Description:xv, 217 pages ; 24 cm
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Summary:Discusses 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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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) , filmography (page 211) , and index.
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ISBN:9781603583060 (pbk.)
1603583068 (pbk.)
9781603583077 (ebook)
1603583076 (ebook)
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Contents:More 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.