Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver
- ISBN-10
- 0615457746
- ISBN-13
- 9780615457741
- Series
- Gathering
- Category
- Conservationists
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Diane Ott Whealy
Description
Presents the biography of the conservationist who began the Seed Savers Exchange with her ex-husband in order to save seeds passed down through generations and maintain horticultural diversity.
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Other editions
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- 2004
- 326 pages
- Paperback
- SCM Press
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