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David R. Montgomery, author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations and professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, was recently profiled as one of Sunset Magazine’s “10 Visionaries, Trendsetters, and Innovators” who are “redefining every aspect of gardening in the West—and changing the way we live, eat, and connect with one another.” Montgomery was [more...]  UC Press author Julian Cribb was recently interviewed on the Financial Sense Newshour about the arguments in his new book, The Coming Famine. Cribb questions whether we can sustain our food supply through mid-century, when governments haven’t been investing in science and technology for food production in a meaningful way. He believes it’s not too late [more...] Tavis Smiley recently interviewed both Judith A. Carney, coauthor of In the Shadow of Slavery, and Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All, on his Public Radio International show. Asked about the inspiration behind her research, Carney describes how working in agricultural development in West Africa and across the Americas raised her interest in studying food [more...]
We are pleased to announce that Episode 26 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In this episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions speaks with Judith Carney about the enduring contributions African slaves made to worldwide botanical and agricultural history, that she and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff explore [more...] We caught an interesting story this morning on the California Report about how farmers are adapting to drought conditions. Turns out water-stressed plants make delicious apples. Another piece on NPR’s Morning Edition mentioned a group in Oakland, the Greywater Guerillas. Due to years of drought there’s a movement afoot in government to make it easier to [more...] |
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