03479nam 2200673 a 450 991081617390332120240416172012.01-59726-517-9(CKB)2550000000060188(EBL)3317547(OCoLC)923187610(SSID)ssj0000644614(PQKBManifestationID)12196969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644614(PQKBWorkID)10694435(PQKB)10220276(SSID)ssj0000542592(PQKBManifestationID)12250197(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542592(PQKBWorkID)10518184(PQKB)11675452(MiAaPQ)EBC3317547(Au-PeEL)EBL3317547(CaPaEBR)ebr10511986(EXLCZ)99255000000006018820080402d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhere our food comes from retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine /Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson2nd ed.Washington [D.C.] Island Press/Shearwater Booksc20091 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59726-399-0 1-61091-003-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Ch. 1: The Art Museum and the Seed Bank; Ch. 2: The Hunger Artist and the Horn of Plenty; Ch. 3: Melting Glaciers and Waves of Grain: The Pamirs; Ch. 4: Drought and the Decline of Variety: The Po Valley; Ch. 5: From Breadbasket to Basket Case: The Levant; Ch. 6: Date Palm Oases and Desert Crops: The Maghreb; Ch. 7: Finding Food in Famine's Wake: Ethiopia; Ch. 8: Apples and Boomtown Growth: Kazakhstan; Ch. 9: Rediscovering America and Surviving the Dust Bowl: The U.S. Southwest; Ch. 10: Logged Forests and Lost Seeds: The Sierra MadreCh. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; IndexThe 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 FrCenters of plant diversityPlant collectingBotanical specimensCollection and preservationFood cropsGermplasm resourcesCollection and preservationCenters of plant diversity.Plant collecting.Botanical specimensCollection and preservation.Food cropsGermplasm resourcesCollection and preservation.581.6/32Nabhan Gary Paul769491MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816173903321Where our food comes from4081008UNINA