Aeyoung's review
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan
Oh, great. first I had to worry about the zombie apocolypse, and now the Revenge of the Vegetables is nigh!
Aeyoung's review
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
Aeyoung's review
rating:
Four common plants and I didn't know they each held such a rich history. Well, I was kind of familiar with marijuana's development (not from personal toking, honest Asian, but from being surrounded by tokers - hey, it was Oregon) and that it was completely villified in the "just say no" era of drug awareness education. The chapters on the apple, tulip, and potato offer cautionary evidence on the danger of destroying diversity in the name of commerce. Dratted industry and their shipping lives, appearance over taste, money over environmental responsibility; dratted consumers and our being trapped in busy schedules, cheap produce, the quick&easy, the short range.
Even though I'm probably being manipulated by the plants, I still want a garden in which to spread their genetic material. Plant pimp? If only.
On the subject of plants causing us to help them multiply by being appealing to us: I view this language as couching the concept in terms that we might understan...more
Even though I'm probably being manipulated by the plants, I still want a garden in which to spread their genetic material. Plant pimp? If only.
On the subject of plants causing us to help them multiply by being appealing to us: I view this language as couching the concept in terms that we might understan...more
Oh, great. first I had to worry about the zombie apocolypse, and now the Revenge of the Vegetables is nigh!