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Seedtime : On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds by Scott Chaskey (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPotter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-101609615034
ISBN-139781609615031
eBay Product ID (ePID)167577303
Product Key Features
Book TitleSeedtime : on the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicPublic Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Life Sciences / Botany, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Life Sciences / Horticulture
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Science
AuthorScott Chaskey
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-038331
Reviews"Brilliant book, highly important and beautifully written"- SOUTH SHORE PRESS "The book is a beautiful and poetic exploration of the history, husbandry, and promise of seeds. It is a celebration of the very essence of the cycles of nature…It is a book that you want to hold and read with time so as to savor the depth and richness of the words."- PRETTY MEDICINE (Maria Bowling), The book is a beautiful and poetic exploration of the history, husbandry, and promise of seeds. It is a celebration of the very essence of the cycles of nature...It is a book that you want to hold and read with time so as to savor the depth and richness of the words., "Brilliant book, highly important and beautifully written" -- SOUTH SHORE PRESS "The book is a beautiful and poetic exploration of the history, husbandry, and promise of seeds. It is a celebration of the very essence of the cycles of nature...It is a book that you want to hold and read with time so as to savor the depth and richness of the words." -- PRETTY MEDICINE (Maria Bowling)
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal631.5/21
SynopsisScott Chaskey-working farmer, poet, and spiritual father of the community farming movement-considers "the web of biodiversity and resilience at the heart of our cultural inheritance" by masterfully weaving history, politics, botany, literature, mythology, and memoir into a beautiful and instructive book. It's hard to think of a subject more fundamental to the sustenance of the human race than seeds. Having coevolved with the Earth's plants, insects, and animals, seeds are entwined with the core myths of ancient cultures and the development of human consciousness. Their story remains vitally important today, as the corporations that manufacture GMOs threaten our food security and the future of seed-cultivated agriculture. The stakes, for those concerned with preserving biodiversity and ecological integrity, are high. Balancing a wide view of politics and history, Chaskey alights from life on the farm he has cultivated for 25 years to conjure Gregor Mendel's breeding experiments that yielded our modern understanding of genetics; he also introduces us to several "bioneers," such as the geobotanist Nikolay Vavilov and agriculturalist Cary Fowler, who are preserving global biodiversity through seeds. Integrating scholarship with accessible storytelling, Seedtime is a celebration as well as a call to action urging us to renew our role as citizens of nature, in ecologist Aldo Leopold's phrase, not as conquerors of it., Scott Chaskey--working farmer, poet, and spiritual father of the community farming movement--considers "the web of biodiversity and resilience at the heart of our cultural inheritance" by masterfully weaving history, politics, botany, literature, mythology, and memoir into a beautiful and instructive book. It's hard to think of a subject more fundamental to the sustenance of the human race than seeds. Having coevolved with the Earth's plants, insects, and animals, seeds are entwined with the core myths of ancient cultures and the development of human consciousness. Their story remains vitally important today, as the corporations that manufacture GMOs threaten our food security and the future of seed-cultivated agriculture. The stakes, for those concerned with preserving biodiversity and ecological integrity, are high. Balancing a wide view of politics and history, Chaskey alights from life on the farm he has cultivated for 25 years to conjure Gregor Mendel's breeding experiments that yielded our modern understanding of genetics; he also introduces us to several "bioneers," such as the geobotanist Nikolay Vavilov and agriculturalist Cary Fowler, who are preserving global biodiversity through seeds. Integrating scholarship with accessible storytelling, Seedtime is a celebration as well as a call to action urging us to renew our role as citizens of nature, in ecologist Aldo Leopold's phrase, not as conquerors of it.
LC Classification NumberSB117.C4385 2014
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