Connie’s Reviews > Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love > Status Update

The passions and courage of the individuals who are striving to save our foods humbles me. An example of this is Ahmed Amir and his colleagues who saved nearly 150,00 seed samples including ancient grains as the Civil War was approaching Aleppo, Syria (p. 259).

"Every person involved in craft chocolate knows if we don't make conservation a priority , cacao won't survive"(99). Imagine a world without chocolate. A good reason to become a conservationist.

A perfect fit for someone like me.