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Author: Dobree Adams, A. Gwynn Henderson, Bill Best. Kentucky Heirloom Seeds: Growing, Eating, Saving is an evocative exploration of the seed saver's art and the practice of sustainable agriculture. Title: Kentucky Heirloom Seeds.

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Saving seeds to plant for the next year's crop has been key to human survival for millennia. However, the twentieth century witnessed a grand takeover of seed production by multinational companies aiming to select varieties ideal for mechanical harvest, long-distance transportation, and long shelf life. With the rise of the Slow Food and farm-to-table movements in recent years, the farmers and home gardeners who have quietly persisted in the age-old habit of conserving heirloom plants are finally receiving credit for their vital role in preserving both good taste and the world's rich food heritage. Kentucky Heirloom Seeds: Growing, Eating, Saving is an evocative exploration of the seed saver's art and the practice of sustainable agriculture. Bill Best and Dobree Adams begin by tracing the roots of the tradition in the state to a seven-hundred-year-old Native American farming village in north-central Kentucky. Best shares tips for planting and saving seeds for heirloom beans and tomatoes and describes his family's favorite varieties for the table. His incredible interviews with seed savers--predominately eastern Kentuckians, who for generations have worked tirelessly to preserve and share heirloom varieties to feed their families--vividly document the social relevance and historical significance of the rituals of sowing, cultivating, eating, saving, and sharing.

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Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813168872
ISBN-13
9780813168876
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229013354

Product Key Features

Book Title
Kentucky Heirloom Seeds : Growing, Eating, Saving
Author
Bill Best
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Regional / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Vegetables, Organic
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Gardening, Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

As Told to
Adams, Dobree
Lc Classification Number
Sb118.38.B468 2017
Reviews
"This book delves into how our ancestors saved seeds and gives tips on how you can save yours. Filled with interesting personal stories -- from master gardeners to just home gardeners who saved seeds -- it is an inspiring read." -- Kentucky Monthly, Overall I think this book is definitely worth a read, and even if you aren't a person who loves beans, it might make you want to grow a few just to make sure. The stories are a good reminder of why seed-saving is so important, and the book has an overall message of eating close to home, rather than buying cheap and convenient., In the expanding contemporary world of heirloom seed savers, Bill Best is already legend with over 700 varieties of discrete beans and hundreds of tomatoes stockpiled and catalogued at his farm outside of Berea, Kentucky. Best is distinguished not only for his collection of seeds, but for his keen interest in the stories that accompany them and his ability to weave those stories into the history of a people and a region, the Appalachian South. At a time of growing attention to and focus on American foodways as history, Best's book is a valuable resource that will be used across the discipline., Bill Best's language and tone of voice are elegant notes of calm discourse in a shrill world. Beneath the tackiness of American popular culture there is a depth of traditional culture that is invisible to the mass media. The book is a kind of seed itself, fecund, filled with life and potential., This book delves into how our ancestors saved seeds and gives tips on how you can save yours. Filled with interesting personal stories--from master gardeners to just home gardeners who saved seeds--it is an inspiring read., "In the expanding contemporary world of heirloom seed savers, Bill Best is already legend with over 700 varieties of discrete beans and hundreds of tomatoes stockpiled and catalogued at his farm outside of Berea, Kentucky. Best is distinguished not only for his collection of seeds, but for his keen interest in the stories that accompany them and his ability to weave those stories into the history of a people and a region, the Appalachian South. At a time of growing attention to and focus on American foodways as history, Best's book is a valuable resource that will be used across the discipline." -- Ronni Lundy, author of Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes and Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken, "Bill Best's language and tone of voice are elegant notes of calm discourse in a shrill world. Beneath the tackiness of American popular culture there is a depth of traditional culture that is invisible to the mass media. The book is a kind of seed itself, fecund, filled with life and potential." -- Gurney Norman, author of Ancient Creek: A Folktale and Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories
Table of Content
Foreword by A. Gwynn Henderson Preface Seed Saving: Past, Present, and Future Kentucky's Seed-Saving Pioneers Getting to Know Beans Getting to Know Tomatoes Letting Traditions Speak Growing, Eating, and Sharing: Frank Barnett's Stories Seed-Saving Legacies Practical Tips for Growing and Saving Heirloom Favorites Growing and Sharing Today The High Price of Cheap Food: A Case for Heirlooms Afterword by Brook Elliott Resources Acknowledgments About the Author Index
Copyright Date
2021
Afterword by
Elliott, Brook
Lccn
2016-058497
Dewey Decimal
631.5/2109769
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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