As
scientists grapple with the erosion
of genetic diversity of crops and their wild relatives, old-timey
farmers
and gardeners continue to save, propagate, and pass on folk varieties
and
heirloom seeds.
Nazarea focuses on the role of these seedsavers in the
perpetuation of diversity. She examines the framework of scientific
conservation
and argues for the merits of everyday conservation, exploring roads not
necessarily less traveled but certainly less recognized in the
conservation
of biodiversity.
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Heirloom Seeds
And Their Keepers
Marginality And Memory
In The Conservation Of Biological Diversity
by Virginia D. Nazarea
Touchstone,
2005
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