Plants for Desperate Times: The Diversity of Life-Saving Famine Foods

“This is a detailed dive into plant-based famine foods long utilized by cultures from around the world both historically and more recently. Every student of ethnobotany, economic botany, and environmental anthropology should have a copy of this book written by two highly regarded scholars in the field of ethnobotany.”—Enrique SalmÓn, author of Eating the Landscape:American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience “This book is a truly unique reference guide to the often unusual and yet essential foods that humankind has relied on for survival in times of starvation.”—Kara Rogers, author of The Quiet Extinction:Stories of North America’s Rare and Threatened Plants “This guide to the diversity of human foodways in times of exigency is essential reading as we reckon with the potential food shortages incurred by global climate change, conflict, and inequality. Minnis and Freedman’s tour of little-known plant foods is a vital contribution to imagining future foodways.”—Courtney Fullilove, author of The Profit of the Earth:The Global Seeds of American Agriculture