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 |
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2013 | ||
| 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 |
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| Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 | ||
| 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
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| Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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