Gary Paul Nabhan is Director, Center for Sustainable Environments, and Tenured Professor, Applied Indigenous Studies and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, his alma mater.
Gary Nabhan, Where our Food Comes From, In his book, he weaves together Nikolai Vavilov's extraordinary story with his own expeditions to Earth's richest agricultural landscapes and the cultures that tend them.
Has keynoted over 100 national and international research and conservation conferences in 6 countries and 43 states, has guest-lectured at 40 universities and colleges
I found 72 books that he has written that seem to be in print, one that caught my eye, Tequila!: A Natural and Cultural History
Gary Paul Nabhan, prize-winning author and naturalist, lives in Flagstaff. He is the director of conservation biology at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and cofounder of Native Seeds.
Gary is Speaking in Capitola Nov 13 Book cafe
He is also speaking at The Bioneers conferance oct. 17-19 and Green Festival in SF
Wild Farm Alliance and Roots of Change were also mentioned, got more info.
Monsanto investigation book Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods
Seed diversity is a strategy for survival.
32 countries are having food riots NOW, due to too little food
Corn meal has doubled in a year and a half, HERE
There are 1200 types of apples, not many in the stores/farmers markets I've been to find.
There are 1000 foods in danger of being extinct, due to processing and shipping problems
Local food management seems to be the ticket to bio-diversity
Farmers are generally dynamic, responding to adversity, natural obstacles and global warming.
What can we do?
Get involved
Garden at home
Buy fair trade items
Use your local Farmers market
Jeff
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If you're interested in Nabhan and Vavilov, we've just launched the Vaviblog, to which Gary will be contributing. And you would be most welcome to join the discussion there!
Thank you Jeremy, I'll check that out
Jeff
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