Grain by Grain A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food
"A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up." Kirkus Reviews "In the age of start-ups and tech crazes, it might seem counterintuitive to call something as ancient as grain 'revelatory.' Nevertheless, Bob Quinn's quest to recapture...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue by Liz Carlisle
- Introduction: Food on the Cheap
- Roots and Growth
- Better Farming through Chemistry?- Beyond Commodities
- Going Organic
- King Tut’s Wheat
- King Tut’s Wheat
- Growing
- Partners
- A Cowboy in Europe
- Creating a New Standard
- The Value of Limits
- Taste of Place
- Recycling Energy
- Bringing Rural Jobs Back
- The Gluten Mystery
- Food as Medicine
- One Great Subject
- Rejecting the Status Quo
- Conclusion: A New Generation of Growers and Eaters
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index