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The story of seeds : from Mendel's garden to your plate, and how there's more of less to eat around the world
- Title
- The story of seeds : from Mendel's garden to your plate, and how there's more of less to eat around the world / Nancy F. Castaldo.
- Author
- Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 17-1605 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 136 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "With the growth of genetically modified foods, the use of many seeds is dwindling--of 80,000 edible plants, only about 150 are being cultivated. With a global cast of men and women, scientists and laypeople, and photographic documentation, Nancy Castaldo chronicles where our food comes from, and more importantly, where it is going as she digs deeper into the importance of seeds in our world"--
- Alternative Title
- Seeds : from Mendel's garden to your plate, and how there's more of less to eat around the world
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Literature.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English.
- Awards (note)
- Green Earth Book Award, 2017
- Contents
- Seeds at risk -- Seed pioneers -- Spoils of war -- Variety is the spice of life -- The new genetics -- A return to heirlooms -- The ultimate safety net -- Hope and action -- Call to action.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-1605
- ISBN
- 9780544320239
- 0544320239
- LCCN
- 2016302487
- OCLC
- 898052729
- Author
- Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962- author.
- Title
- The story of seeds : from Mendel's garden to your plate, and how there's more of less to eat around the world / Nancy F. Castaldo.
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Study Program
- Accelerated Reader 7.6.Reading Counts! 10.5.
- Language
- Text in English.
- Awards
- Green Earth Book Award, 2017
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-1605