Stories
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- Podcast
Wasteland
In the final episode of ‘The Root of the Matter’, JC takes us to the wasteland. It’s a space that can teach us some of the most profound lessons about the plant world and our relationship to it.
- Article
Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
Catalogue
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New World plants, New World drugs / Mark Blumenthal.
Blumenthal, Mark.Date: 1995- Books
Plantæ Favershamienses. A catalogue of the more perfect plants growing spontaneously about Faversham, in the county of Kent / With an appendix, exhibiting a short view of the fossil bodies of the adjacent Island of Shepey. By Edward Jacob.
Jacob, Edward, 1709 or 1710-1788.Date: 1777- Books
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Plant? Favershamienses. A catalogue of the more perfect plants growing spontaneously about Faversham, in the county of Kent. With an appendix exhibiting a short view of the fossil bodies of the adjacent Island of Shepey. By Edward Jacob, Esq; F.S.A.
Jacob, Edward, 1709 or 1710-1788.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Books
Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene / Emily Monosson.
Monosson, EmilyDate: [2015]- Books
Biodiversity and human health / edited by Francesca Grifo and Joshua Rosenthal ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy.
Date: [1997], ©1997