"An eye-opening
look into the little-known world of gene banks and crop breeding, and a
poignant reminder that the real guardians of our food security are not
armies or transnational corporations, but a handful of tireless
scientists who have labored for decades to keep us one step ahead of
famine."
Rowan Jacobsen, author of Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis
"Susan
Dworkin has found a delightful way to tell the alarming story of the
fragility of the global wheat crop. She leads us expertly and
enthusiastically into Bent Skovmand's strange, infrequently penetrated
domain of plant breeding and international seed banks, a world in which
unsung scientists search and save exotic plant germplasm to protect the
staffs of life against pests, plagues, and corporate raiders."
Peter Pringle, author of Food Inc.
Susan Dworkin has written several biographies, including The Nazi
Officer's Wife (with Edith Hahn Beer), and her articles have appeared
in Ms., Cosmopolitan, and numerous magazines. Her fascination with
agriculture dates from early stints at the United States Department of
Agriculture and as a journalist covering aid programs in the Middle
East.
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