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The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution To Save Food (2012)

by Janisse Ray(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1603583068 (ISBN13: 9781603583060)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Chelsea Green Publishing

review 1: 'Putting the culture back into agriculture', is mentioned somewhere in the book, which is an apt summary for The Seed Underground. The basic idea is that every seed and seed variety carries the story of the people who bred and planted it. As seeds are lost or become homogenized, those stories are lost, and the authors main goal is as much culture saving as it is seed saving. While I liked this book and it is sprinkled with great little insights, the 3-star rating reflects that it reads like a string of rambling blog posts and could have used more thought about the overall structure of the book and it's message, and less repetitive flowery prose.
review 2: Ever since these pages opened, never slept even worse than before. Had bad dreams after bad dreams, since w... moreatching "Threads" a long time ago in HS-now this is my other bad dream-food control, corp. giants and seed domination...and much more. Her book hits a raw nerve and is very full of insights and truth. A warning and wake up call for me as a non-farmer and a small homeowner with a tiny bit-O-land. However, she gives me a bit of hope. Just a bit. One disturbing thing that bugs me is in chapter 33-how a friend had shared with her (this is also a tried and true experience as an animal lover/caretaker/etc,...experience of mine for many years), that anyone who keeps animals will soon become slave to them. It is both true and not true all at the same time and it is confusing. And she is right in how anyone who does not keep animals will soon become a slave to corporations. That is both true and not. As well as her statement: the same with farming. Anyone who does not grow food will become a Slave. That part is true as well as anyone who does-food growing is hard work. Both ends of the spectrum with animals and good are right and this is where it tears me to pieces. We humans are dependent on food for all of our lives,...or we will falter-the puzzle is who is the slave to who or what? Will not ever sleep peacefully ever again. Good and brutally honest book. Am grateful to her to inspire a beginner gardener in me even though it's container gardening for the land is tiny. Will try my best to learn from her wonderful book. less

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