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Food from the radical center : Healing Our Land and Communities / / by Gary Paul Nabhan
Food from the radical center : Healing Our Land and Communities / / by Gary Paul Nabhan
Autore Nabhan Gary Paul
Edizione [1st ed. 2018.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (202 pages)
Disciplina 631.45
Soggetto topico Food science
Environmental education
Agriculture
Applied ethics
Ethnology
Ethnology - America
Culture
Food Science
Environmental and Sustainability Education
Agricultural Ethics
Sociocultural Anthropology
American Culture
ISBN 9781610919203
1610919203
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Conservation You Can Taste -- Chapter 1. A Land Divided -- Chapter 2. Farming in the Radical Center -- Chapter 3. Will Work for Dirt -- Chapter 4. Replenishing Water and Wealth -- Chapter 5. Bringing Back the Bison -- Chapter 6. Teach a Community to Fish -- Chapter 7. Plant Midwives -- Chapter 8. Strange Birds Flock Together -- Chapter 9. Herders of Many Cultures -- Chapter 10. Immigrant Grains -- Chapter 11. Urban Growers and Rare Fruit -- Chapter 12. Return of the Pollinators -- Chapter 13. You Can Go Home Again -- Appendix. The Conservation Couplets -- Literature Cited -- Index. .
Record Nr. UNINA-9910315359703321
Nabhan Gary Paul  
Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2018
Materiale a stampa
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Food, Genes, and Culture : Eating Right for Your Origins / / by Gary Paul Nabhan
Food, Genes, and Culture : Eating Right for Your Origins / / by Gary Paul Nabhan
Autore Nabhan Gary Paul
Edizione [1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 612.3
Soggetto topico Ecology
Agriculture
Environmental Sciences
ISBN 9781610914932
1610914937
Classificazione HEA017000SCI029000SOC055000SOC057000SOC002010
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Discerning the Histories Encoded in Our Bodies -- 2.Searching for the Ancestral Diet. Did Mitochondrial Eve and Java Man Feast on the Same Foods? -- 3. Finding a Bean for Your Genes and a Buffer Against Malaria -- 4. The Shaping and Shipping Away of Mediterranean Cuisines -- 5. Discovering Why Some Don’t Like It Hot. Is It a Matter of Taste? -- 6. Dealing with Migration Headaches. Should We Change Places, Diets, or Genes? -- 7. Rooting Out the Causes of Disease. Why Diabetes Is So Common Among Desert Dwellers -- 8. Reconnecting the Health of the People with the Health of the Land. How Hawaiians Are Curing Themselves -- Sources -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910437937103321
Nabhan Gary Paul  
Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Where our food comes from [[electronic resource] ] : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson
Where our food comes from [[electronic resource] ] : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson
Autore Nabhan Gary Paul
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina 581.6/32
Soggetto topico Centers of plant diversity
Plant collecting
Botanical specimens - Collection and preservation
Food crops - Germplasm resources - Collection and preservation
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-59726-517-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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 Madre
Ch. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458008303321
Nabhan Gary Paul  
Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Where our food comes from [[electronic resource] ] : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson
Where our food comes from [[electronic resource] ] : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson
Autore Nabhan Gary Paul
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina 581.6/32
Soggetto topico Centers of plant diversity
Plant collecting
Botanical specimens - Collection and preservation
Food crops - Germplasm resources - Collection and preservation
ISBN 1-59726-517-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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 Madre
Ch. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781849703321
Nabhan Gary Paul  
Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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