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"Ten thousand years after humans figured out how to stop wandering and plant crops, veteran investigative journalist Mark Schapiro plunges into the struggle already underway for control of seeds, the ground-zero ingredient for our food. Three quarters of the seed varieties on Earth in 1900 had become extinct by 2015. In Seeds of Resistance, Schapiro takes us onto the frontlines of a struggle over the seeds that remain, one that will determine the long-term security of our food supply in the face of unprecedented climate volatility. Schapiro reveals how more than half of all commercially-traded seeds have fallen under the control of just three multinational agri-chemical companies. At just the time when scientists tell us we need a spectrum of options to respond to climatic changes, thousands of seed varieties are being taken off the market and replaced by the companies' genetically engineered or crack-baby seeds, addicted to chemical pesticides and herbicides from the day they are planted. Schapiro dives deep into the rapidly growing movement in the United States and around the world to defy these trends and assert autonomy over locally-bred seeds--seeds which are showing high levels of resilience to the onrushing and accelerating impacts of climate change."-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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AUTHOR: Mark Schapiro
EXPECTED PUBLICATION DATE: 18 September 2018
FORMAT: ARC ebook
ISBN-13: 9781510705760
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NOTE: I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from NetGalley. This review is my honest opinion of the book.
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Rating: 4.5 stars
This book is primarily about seeds, specifically the seeds that we grow commercially and then turn into various food products. This is an extremly interesting and well written book that explores how corporations and governments have taken over (i.e. messed with) the millenia old traditions of seed saving, seed cultivation, seed planting and ultimately food production and how this is ultimately detrimental to our food security. Genetically modified crop plants and are briefly covered, as well as seed libraries (the rebels). I found the section on seed vaults to be particularly intersting. This book manages to squash a whole lot of important information into a mere 160 pages, covering the important aspects of this topic and still managing to be accessible, easy to read/understand and personable. ( )