Gary Nabhan: Saving seeds from extinction
Mostly saving native and heirloom seeds, and everything related to their life cycle, of plant foods of the Southwest Desert where he lives.
In his efforts to save the precious seeds, Nabhan has started a food revolution. Maybe it's better said, Gary Nabhan has started a "food restoration" program in America; helping Americans restore healthy relationships with their food and thereby restoring Americans to health.
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Gary Nabhan: Leading hands-on in the dirt
intended, nor does he still consider himself to be a leader. I think it was something that was fairly reluctantly put on him. I have not interviewed or spoken with the man, but it's just something that I sense from his approach. His approach is very much like the cushaws and casabas he works with; rounded and fleshed-out and deeply grounded in with wisdom from the earth.
That's a good thing. Actually, in my book it's a huge accomplishment to be wearing the signs of having wrestled long and successfully with one's ego.
If you go to Gary Nabhan's office website at: www.garynabhan.com
his bio focuses as much on the communities and the plant foods he shares his passion with.
- The Geography of Flavor
- Localvore Hero
- Dismantling Metro Phoenix
- Good Gourd Almighty
- Home Cooking
Yet, and maybe because of this refreshing simple groundedness, he has been a major force behind the food restoration. His style of leadership seems to purposefully holding applause and redirecting attention to restoring America's food tradtions, both by name of organization and by grass roots/community based efforts.
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Gary Nabhan's Contributions & Projects
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It seems to me that those who contribute most, in very real ways, are often busy when its time for the applause. That is Dennis Martinez. More likely to be found in his boots, out in the field rather in front of a computer, Dennis is the type of lea...
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Author of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" , Michael Pollan wrote a great article offering 9 simple ideas to encourage "happy meals" . While I thought his article was great, I thought that Grandma did better.
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Chocolate & Chilis
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It has been said that 75% of the worlds food originated from North and South America. Tomatoes, potatoes, corn, squash and beans. All native foods. Of them all, my favorites and probably yours, are chocolate and chilies. Part history and culture, pa...
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Native Seeds/SEARCH
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Native Seeds/SEARCH is a nonprofit organization based in Tucson, Arizona whose mission is to conserve, distribute, and document the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of...
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Tastes of the Desert
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It's a Southwest Squidoo Cooking Challenge! In my lense, Native Seeds/SEARCH I presented a cooking challenge for all Squidoo Cooks using the menu from the 2008 Annual Tastes of the Desert Banquet. Here we'll feature the challengers and the recipes,...
Gary Nabhan: A summary of accomplishments.
- Cofounder, Native Seeds/SEARCH
- Founder, Forgotten Pollinators Campaign
- Founder,Ironwood Alliance Campaign
- Tenured Professor,Research Social Scientist, Southwest Center, University of Arizona
and Founder/Facilitator, Renewing America's Food Traditions initiative, Slow Food USA, - Numerous literary and science awards
- Popular author of over 20 books relating to environment and food culture/history.
- And far too many other accomplishments and contributions to the planet to list here but may be viewed at his site, www.garynabhan.com
Nabhan's books have been translated in five languages, and he has lectured at
universities in Mexico, Lebanon, Peru, Oman, Guatemala, and Italy, including Slow Food's University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo.
He and his family have their own family garden and raise heritage sheep and turkeys, and are very involved in their own local foods movement.
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What l learned from Gary
In writing this lens, I noticed that Gary's life reads like a plan for starting a local foods community.
I've outlined it as such below. If I were to start a local food community/locavore group, this is exactly how I would do it.
Learn about your environment.
Rather than bringing your ideas to the environment more...0 points
Develop a relationship with your environment.
Learning and observing are the first steps. Just a more...0 points
Save local, native seeds.
Save your mayonnaise jars and gather up those seed more...0 points
Exchange seeds with others local to you.
Exchange seeds with other local varieties. Go for more...0 points
Grow a garden
Just because you save seeds, doesn't mean you have more...0 points
Diversify and expand from a good foundation.
Encourage diversity, not just in plants but all sp more...0 points
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dyllen wrote...
Your lens would be a great addition to the 'Soups' Group
( http://www.squidoo.com/groups/soups ) This group not just for soups but for all great traditionally prepared foods!
Feel free to add it anytime!
Posted February 25, 2009
