Preserving Our Roots: My Journey to Save Seeds and Stories

by John Coykendall, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles, Christina Melton

Book Overview

For over four decades, John Coykendall's passion has been preserving the farm heritage of a small community in rural southeastern Louisiana. A Tennessee native and longtime master gardener at Blackberry Farm, Coykendall has become a celebrity in a growing movement that places a premium on farm-to-table cuisine with locally sourced, organic, and heirloom foods and flavors. While his work takes him around the world searching for seeds and the cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807170364
• ISBN13: 9780807170366
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 9.4"