The story of seeds : from Mendel's garden to your plate, and how there's more of less to eat around the world / Nancy F. Castaldo.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]Description: 136 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 0544320239
- 9780544320239
- Seeds : from Mendel's garden to your plate, and how there's more of less to eat around the world
- SB117.2 .C37 2016
- Green Earth Book Award, 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seeds at risk -- Seed pioneers -- Spoils of war -- Variety is the spice of life -- The new genetics -- A return to heirlooms -- The ultimate safety net -- Hope and action -- Call to action.
This informative book describes the work of Dr. Vandana Shiva, Jere Gettle of Baker Creek Seeds, Dr. Elaine Solowey, and many others in the context of the struggle to maintain seed diversity worldwide. (Miller Library Staff)
Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide impact. Did you know there are top-secret seed vaults hidden throughout the world? And once a seed disappears, that's it - it's gone forever? With the growth of genetically modified foods, the use of many seeds is dwindling - of 80,000 edible plants, only about 150 are being cultivated. With a global cast of men and women, scientists and laypeople, and photographic documentation, Nancy Castaldo chronicles where our food comes from, and more importantly, where it is going as she digs deeper into the importance of seeds in our world. This empowering book also calls young adult readers to action with suggestions as to how they can preserve the variety of one of our most valuable food sources through simple everyday actions. Readers of Michael Pollan will enjoy the depth and fascinatingly intricate social economy of seeds. --
Recommended for secondary school (age 13-18) and for parents and teachers.
Text in English.
Green Earth Book Award, 2017