Never out of Season
How Having the Food We Want when We Want It Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A biologist explains how the scientific breeding of our food supply into only the hardiest and tastiest varieties has made these crops susceptible to Mother Nature and discusses how a single bug or virus can now cause a massive collapse,"--NoveList.
Contents:
A banana in every bowl -- An island like ours -- The perfect pathological storm -- Escape is temporary -- My enemy's enemy is my friend -- Chocolate terrorism -- The meltdown of the chocolate ecosystem -- Prospecting for seeds -- the siege -- The grass eaters -- Henry Ford's jungle -- Why we need wild nature -- The Red Queen and the long game -- Fowler's ark -- Grains, guns, and desertification -- Preparing for the flood -- Epilogue: What do I do?
ISBN:
9780316260725
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Agriculture Dun | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-310) and index.