Where Our Food Comes From

This just came in the mail, and I'm looking forward to reading it:

Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine.


There is a really interesting encyclopedia of food crops at our local library. My sister, who enjoys growing unusual fruits, pointed me to a nursery called Edible Landscapes that, among other things, sells Paw Paw trees. It's a shame most people don't know about the native edible plants of their own locality.