Plants for Desperate Times: The Diversity of Life-Saving Famine Foods

by Robert Freedman and Paul E. Minnis

Famines and other serious food shortages have been one of the scourges faced by humanity for millennia.

Plants for Desperate Times is an introduction to the diversity of plant foods that have saved millions of lives during lethal food shortages. While not a field guide, it addresses questions about what famine foods are and why they are important. The work highlights one hundred plants. Each entry includes the common and scientific names,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816553750
• ISBN13: 9780816553754
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"