Gary Nabhan: Food Advocate, Writer and Conservationist

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Gary Nabhan: Saving seeds from extinction

Some people "Save The Whales" or "Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" or other valid and imporant causes. For Gary Nabhan, it's all about seeds.

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 

I think that part of what I find so interesting about Gary Nabhan is his style of "leadership". I don't know Gary by person at all, yet I have been a follower of his work for two decades now and having observed his work it seems that Gary never

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 

Gary Nabhan: A summary of accomplishments. 

Here is a very brief listing of his 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

Go deep

Once you've established a solid foundation and are more...0 points

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