| #1924893 in Books | Beacon Press | 2009-03-01 | 2009-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.56 x5.50l,.75 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | ||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| A clarion call to sustain a healthy food legacy|By Don Maruska|I'm struck by how seeds and the preservation of seeds have defined value in cultures through the ages. Bioneers and seeds of change brought this concept back to modern consciousness over a decade ago. What Cummings has done is masterfully and passionately focused awareness on just how fragile our legacy is. Her w|From Publishers Weekly|Former environmental lawyer and one-time farmer Cummings offers a persuasive account of a lesser-known but potentially apocalyptic threat to the world's ecology and food supply—the privatization of the Earth's seed stock. For almost
Life on earth is facing unprecedented challenges from global warming, war, and mass extinctions. The plight of seeds is a less visible but no less fundamental threat to our survival. Seeds are at the heart of the planet's life-support systems. Their power to regenerate and adapt are essential to maintaining our food supply and our ability to cope with a changing climate.
In Uncertain Peril, environmental journalist Claire Hope Cummings exposes the stories b...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds | Claire Hope Cummings. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
