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A seed is never just a seed. It’s a tiny capsule of history, carrying the tastes, migrations, and care of generations. Seeds from just a handful of grass families - wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, and millets - now supply most of the world’s calories. Not by chance, but by policy, scale, and a steady push towards uniformity. That archive is thinning. Over the past century, around 75% of crop diversity has disappeared. Ecologists measure yield; economists, cost. But what slowly s

The book follows a Dakota woman as she reconnects with her family’s history, land, and inherited seed traditions. It is a novel about memory, displacement, and quiet politics or keeping seeds alive across generations.

This book is a wake-up call. Mark Schapiro uses vivid, unforgettable stories to show how seeds sit on the frontlines of our epic battle for healthy food. It is a story of power, policy, and the people fighting to keep food systems free.

LOST IN TRANSLATION: LIFE OF A JAPANESE GIRL IN ITALY Bologna, the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region. It is known as 'La Grassa' (the fat city) because of its abundance of rich, high-calorie food, 'La Dotta' (the learned city) because it is home to the oldest university in the Western world, and 'La Rossa' (the red city) because the entire city is unified by the terracotta red of its buildings. The streets lined with porticoes and the sight of trams running through the ce

This book explores water. Water is highly familiar, but it remains a deep scientific mystery. It refuses to obey the standard rules of liquids. The narrative traces water from the Big Bang to the formation of Earth's oceans. It explains why ice floats and why water is essential to life. The text covers its history, folklore, and cutting-edge physics.

We obsess over the carbon in the soil and the nitrogen in the fertiliser. We track the lineage of the heirloom tomato—and yet, we ignore the humble force that transforms seed into food. Water is the first ingredient. Without it, the chemistry of nutrition stops. Metabolism stalls. The kitchen goes cold. More than 70% of global water goes to agriculture, which means we don’t just drink water, we eat it too. A steak is essentially a reservoir, requiring a round 15,415 litres

Water as culture, memory, and survival - shaping both human life and the worlds we inhabit.

Lost in Translation: Life of a Japanese Girl in Italy Introduction: The Concept of Shokuiku “Japan has Shokuiku, right!?” One day, a classmate from Taiwan said this to me, and I was surprised. I hadn't realised that the Japanese term Shokuiku (food education) was gaining international attention and becoming a shared concept across cultures. Japan’s Shokuiku Basic Act was enacted in 2005. I grew up with this law, yet I never fully understood its meaning. I live in Italy now.

The world wastes half its food while a billion people go hungry. Western waste contributes to massive deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. Developing nations struggle with poor infrastructure and crop spoilage. Stuart investigates global profligacy and identifies innovative solutions. Waste offers a clear roadmap to fix the global food crisis