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020    9781510705760 
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100 1  Schapiro, Mark,|d1955-|eauthor. 
245 10 Seeds of resistance :|bthe fight to save our food supply /
       |cby Mark Schapiro. 
264  1 New York :|bHot Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, 
       Inc.,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    vii, 184 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and 
       index. 
520    "Ten thousand years after humans figured out how to stop 
       wandering and plant crops, veteran investigative 
       journalist Mark Schapiro plunges into the struggle already
       underway for control of seeds, the ground-zero ingredient 
       for our food. Three quarters of the seed varieties on 
       Earth in 1900 had become extinct by 2015. In Seeds of 
       Resistance, Schapiro takes us onto the frontlines of a 
       struggle over the seeds that remain, one that will 
       determine the long-term security of our food supply in the
       face of unprecedented climate volatility. Schapiro reveals
       how more than half of all commercially-traded seeds have 
       fallen under the control of just three multinational agri-
       chemical companies. At just the time when scientists tell 
       us we need a spectrum of options to respond to climatic 
       changes, thousands of seed varieties are being taken off 
       the market and replaced by the companies' genetically 
       engineered or crack-baby seeds, addicted to chemical 
       pesticides and herbicides from the day they are planted. 
       Schapiro dives deep into the rapidly growing movement in 
       the United States and around the world to defy these 
       trends and assert autonomy over locally-bred seeds--seeds 
       which are showing high levels of resilience to the 
       onrushing and accelerating impacts of climate change."--
       |cPublisher's description. 
650  0 Food supply|xEnvironmental aspects. 
650  0 Crops and climate. 
650  0 Seeds|xBiotechnology. 
650  0 Agricultural industries|xEnvironmental aspects. 
700 1  Talbot, David,|d1951-|eauthor of foreword.