What we sow on the personal, ecological, and cultural significance of seeds

In What We Sow, Jennifer Jewell brings readers on an insightful, year-long journey exploring the outsize impact one of nature's smallest manifestations--the simple seed. She examines our skewed notions where "organic" seeds are grown and sourced, reveals how giant multinational agribusiness has refi...

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Main Author: Jewell, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: To see ourselves in seed
  • Seeding : the end and the beginning: October: The energetic nature of seed ; November: The circular setting of seed ; December: Seedshed
  • Seed beds: January: Seed life linking us ; February: Seed shares and seed laws ; March: Seed commerce
  • Seed reading: April: Seed's human banking history ; May: The wild side of seed banks ; June: Seed libraries and literacy
  • Seed saving: July: Seed conservation ; August: Seed memory ; September: Seeds of culture - Seed futures: October: Going to seed.