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"Dan L." <doesnotwork@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article
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> Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > A kind poster said I directed him/her to "Omnivore's Dilemma"
> > and "Teaming with Microbes" and is enjoying the former and
> > preparing to read the later. "Teaming with Microbes" is
> > im****tant in understanding humanity's impact on soil whether you
> > garden or not. "Omnivore", though, takes you places where you've
> > never been and explains thing that you never thought of and in
> > doing so gives an incredibly enabling overview of human nutrition,
> > or the lack of it, additionally, it is also a real page turner. I feel
> > fortunate to have read it.
> >
> > There are two other books that I would like to recommend that also
> > deal with the biosphere, both are crammed with information that
> > seems to flow effortlessly from the books, and they are both by
> > Jared Diamond. The first is "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of
Human
> > Societies" which, in part, traces the development of our food
> > supply. You will see the world with new eyes.
> >
http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393061310/ref=
> > pd_sim_b_img_1
> >
> > The other book is "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or
> > Succeed", which exhibits societies from the Bitterroot Valley of
> > Montana, to the Viking outposts of Greenland, to the ancient land
> > of Australia that show good steward****p of the land and those that
> > didn't. A wonderful read.
> >
http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/B000IJ7Q3
> > 2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208368189&sr=1-1
> >
> > Both these books are real page turners and you will feel much
> > wiser for having read them.
>
> "Omnivore's Dilemma" has me searching for more information in other
> areas. Chapter one was a quick overview on the chemistry of plants.
> The author states that there are five C-4 edible plants, "corn" is one,
> later on in the book "cane sugar" is another. What are the others?
>
> I have been looking for a book that describes what these acronym's mean:
> C-3, C-4, F-1, F-2, H-1... I have seen these acronym's often on seed
> packets and I am curious of the meaning of what these terms are. Know of
> any books?
Google C3 plants, C4 plants, F1 plants, F2 plants, and C4 plants, one at
a time.
C3 and C4 refer to the sugars that the plant uses to make cellulose, the
structural material of the plant. F1 is first generation in genetics.
You will also buy F1 hybrid seed which are very gregarious plants. F2
hybrids tend to be something of a mess however and may have no
resemblance to their parents, other wise F2 age just the second
generation of a genetic breeding program. H1, you got me but Google will
tell you all about plant histone H1.
>
> "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed". Sounds cool also.
> I am an avid reader of science fiction. Why I like science fiction is
> they often describe "what if societies" and from these books from:
> Robert A. Heinlen, Neal Stephenson and Vernor Vinge. From these books I
> have a good idea how societies might succeed or fail, even from an
> agricultural point of view.
>
> From this book, "Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey" second
> edition. Tells me <indirectly> why societies will Fail or Succeed. From
> this book I found in short order who I will probably get along with and
> who I will not. Why some people will listen to reason and those who will
> not. Why many people will bend to fear and those who will not. Most
> people will not listen to reason no matter what proof one has. Why some
> care about others and why others will take advantage of others. The
> author states our brains are hard wired from birth into sixteen
> personalities. I am an "ENTJ", a messed up "ENTJ" but still an "ENTJ".
> Everyone on this plant has been type casted, you can believe it or not.
> This is also a top ten favorite book of mine.
>
> After reading "Omnivore's Dilemma", I can comfortably state that "I am
> maize" :) and uncomfortably state that "I was unknowingly a product of
> Cargill" :(
Don't forget the other bastard, Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM).
>
> A kind poster .... sometimes :)
> Enjoy Life ... Dan
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Billy
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