{"product_id":"kentucky-heirloom-seeds-growing-eating-saving-paperback","title":"Kentucky Heirloom Seeds: Growing, Eating, Saving - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Best\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDobree Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eA. Gwynn Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaving 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eKentucky Heirloom Seeds: Growing, Eating, Saving\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBill Best\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emeritus at Berea College, is a Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and one of the charter members of the Lexington Farmers' Market. Widely known as a saver, collector, and grower of heirloom beans and tomatoes, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eSaving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the recipient of the East Kentucky Leadership Foundation Private Individual Award, as well as the Inaugural Bill Best Award for Kentucky Food System Steward, created in his honor. \u003cb\u003eDobree Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is primarily known in the region as a fiber artist and photographer. She gardens and farms on a river bottom of the Kentucky north of Frankfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50406720569581,"sku":"9780813183749","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/kentucky-heirloom-seeds-growing-eating-saving-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}