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Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope: Place and Agency in the Conservation of Biodiversity
Contributor(s): Nazarea, Virginia D. (Editor), Rhoades, Robert E. (Editor), Andrews-Swann, Jenna (Editor)
ISBN: 0816530149     ISBN-13: 9780816530144
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
OUR PRICE:   $57.00  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: December 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Science | Life Sciences - Ecology
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food
Dewey: 333.953
LCCN: 2013011198
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 312 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
 
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Food is more than simple sustenance. It feeds our minds as well as our bodies. It nurtures us emotionally as well as physically. It holds memories. In fact, one of the surprising consequences of globalization and urbanization is the expanding web of emotional attachments to farmland, to food growers, and to place. And there is growing affection, too, for home gardening and its "grow your own food" ethos. Without denying the gravity of the problems of feeding the earth's population while conserving its natural resources, Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope reminds us that there are many positive movements and developments that demonstrate the power of opposition and optimism.

This broad collection brings to the table a bag full of tools from anthropology, sociology, genetics, plant breeding, education, advocacy, and social activism. By design, multiple voices are included. They cross or straddle disciplinary, generational, national, and political borders. Contributors demonstrate the importance of cultural memory in the persistence of traditional or heirloom crops, as well as the agency exhibited by displaced and persecuted peoples in place-making and reconstructing nostalgic landscapes (including gardens from their homelands). Contributions explore local initiatives to save native and older seeds, the use of modern technologies to conserve heirloom plants, the bioconservation efforts of indigenous people, and how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been successfully combated. Together they explore the conservation of biodiversity at different scales, from different perspectives, and with different theoretical and methodological approaches. Collectively, they demonstrate that there is reason for hope.