Stories
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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard
Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
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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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The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
Catalogue
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Famine foods listed in the Chiu huang pen ts'ao ... : The botany of Mahuang ; Common food fishes of Shanghai / by Bernard E. Read.
Read, B. E. (Bernard Emms), 1887-1949.Date: [1977]- Books
Beyond Bratwurst : a history of food in Germany / Ursula Heinzelmann.
Heinzelmann, UrsulaDate: [2014]- Books
Feast or famine : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.
Horsman, Reginald.Date: [2008], ©2008- Books
Cannibalism as an aspect of famine in two English chronicles / Julia Marvin.
Marvin, Julia.Date: 1998- Books
Food scarcity and famine : assessment and response / Helen Young.
Young, Helen, 1957-Date: [1992], ©1992