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The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables by Adam Alexander
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620621 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
Author: Adam Alexander
Narrator: Calum Beaton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
Have you ever wondered how peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash, and corn have ended up on our plates? Well, Adam Alexander has. Adam Alexander is The Seed Detective. His passion for vegetables was ignited when he tasted an unusual sweet pepper with a fiery heart while on a filmmaking project in Ukraine. Smitten by its flavor, Adam began to seek out local growers of endangered heritage and heirloom varieties in a mission to bring home seeds to grow, share, and return so that he could enjoy their delicious taste?and save them from being lost forever. In The Seed Detective, Adam shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday food heroes. Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization, and serendipity?describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures.
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By thebookvoice.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620621 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
Author: Adam Alexander
Narrator: Calum Beaton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
Have you ever wondered how peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash, and corn have ended up on our plates? Well, Adam Alexander has. Adam Alexander is The Seed Detective. His passion for vegetables was ignited when he tasted an unusual sweet pepper with a fiery heart while on a filmmaking project in Ukraine. Smitten by its flavor, Adam began to seek out local growers of endangered heritage and heirloom varieties in a mission to bring home seeds to grow, share, and return so that he could enjoy their delicious taste?and save them from being lost forever. In The Seed Detective, Adam shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday food heroes. Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization, and serendipity?describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures.