Nazarea, Virginia2016-04-192016-04-192005http://hdl.handle.net/10919/68259Metadata only recordThis book describes the conservation of plant varieties through the care of home breeders and small growers. Offering both a scientific and human perspective in discussions of biodiversity and the tales and stories of the people who conserve and develop their unique seed varies, the book argues that these small growers are vital to biodiversity conservation in agriculture.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightGermplasmIn situ conservationBiodiversity conservationAgrobiodiversityHeirloom seedsSmall producersGardeningFarm/Enterprise ScaleHeirloom Seeds and Their Keepers: Marginality and Memory in the Conservation of Biological DiversityAbstractCopyright 2005 by the University of Arizona Press