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SUMMARY:Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinct
 ion - Helen Curry\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20220125T130000Z
DTEND:20220125T140000Z
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CONTACT:Fleur Nash
DESCRIPTION:Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the f
 oods we eat. Over the past century\, crop varieties standardized for indus
 trial agriculture have increasingly dominated farm fields. Concerned about
  what this transition means for the future of food\, scientists\, farmers\
 , and eaters have sought to protect fruits\, grains\, and vegetables they 
 consider endangered. They have organized high-tech genebanks and heritage 
 seed swaps. They have combed fields for ancient landraces and sought farme
 rs growing Indigenous varieties. Behind this widespread concern for the lo
 ss of plant diversity lies another extinction narrative that concerns the 
 survival of farmers themselves\, a story that is often obscured by urgent 
 calls to collect and preserve. My book Endangered Maize\, on which this ta
 lk is based\, draws on the rich history of corn in Mexico and the United S
 tates to uncover this hidden narrative and show how it shaped the conserva
 tion strategies adopted by scientists\, states\, and citizens.
LOCATION:Delivered online via Zoom
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