Never out of season : how having the food we want when we want it threatens our food supply and our future
by Dunn, Rob R. (Author)
Summary
The bananas we eat today aren't our parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out. That's the story of our food... Full description
- A banana in every bowl
- An island like ours
- The perfect pathological storm
- Escape is temporary
- My enemy's enemy is my friend
- Chocolate terrorism
- The meltdown of the chocolate ecosystem
- Prospecting for seeds
- The siege
- The grass eaters
- Henry Ford's jungle
- Why we need wild nature
- The Red Queen and the long game
- Fowler's ark
- Grains, guns, and desertification
- Preparing for the flood
- Epilogue: What do I do?