Cover image for Never out of season : how having the food we want when we want it threatens our food supply and our future / Rob Dunn.
Title:
Never out of season : how having the food we want when we want it threatens our food supply and our future / Rob Dunn.
ISBN:
9780316260725
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Physical Description:
vii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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?
Summary:
"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.
OCLC Number:
ocn974636738
Availability:
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