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Nancy Castaldo

The Story of Seeds

From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World

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Timely, call-to-action nonfiction about a topic that is covered in school (Mendel's pea plants) and that impacts everyone's daily life. In the spirit of Michael Pollen's Omnivore's Dillemma. Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide impact. Did you know there are top-secret seed vaults hidden throughout the world? And once a seed disappears, that's it--it's gone forever? 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 wh… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-544-32023-9
  • EAN: 9780544320239
  • Produktnummer: 17389319
  • Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 144 S.
  • Masse: H20.3 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.6 cm 395 g
  • Abbildungen: Cloth Over Boards; Full-color illustrations
  • Gewicht: 395
  • Sonstiges: Ab 12 J.

Über den Autor


Nancy Castaldo lives with her family in New York's Hudson Valley and is the regional advisor for SCBWI-Eastern New York. She is also a photographer.

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