{"product_id":"9781603583060","title":"The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food","description":"\u003cem\u003eThere is no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions-sun and water, warmth and soil-to be set free. Everyday, millions upon millions of seeds lift their two green wings.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt no time in our history have Americans been more obsessed with food. Options including those for local, sustainable, and organic food-seem limitless. And yet, our food supply is profoundly at risk. Farmers and gardeners a century ago had five times the possibilities of what to plant than farmers and gardeners do today; we are losing untold numbers of plant varieties to genetically modified industrial monocultures. In her latest work of literary nonfiction, award-winning author and activist Janisse Ray argues that if we are to secure the future of food, we first must understand where it all begins: the seed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seed Underground\u003c\/em\u003e is a journey to the frontier of seed-saving. It is driven by stories, both the author's own and those from people who are waging a lush and quiet revolution in thousands of gardens across America to preserve our traditional cornucopia of food by simply growing old varieties and eating them. \u003cem\u003eThe Seed Underground\u003c\/em\u003e pays tribute to time-honored and threatened varieties, deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds, and reveals the astonishing characters who grow, study, and save them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041574469872,"sku":"9781603583060","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603583060_p0.jpg?v=1769902187","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603583060","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}