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Have you ever gone out to work with others—friends, family members, neighbors, even rank strangers—to transplant a bunch of saplings of fruit trees, ones that ultimately might outlive you all? Have you done the same for berry bushes, nut-bearing palms, fruit-bearing cacti, or tufts of perennial grasses? Have you ever helped restock a stream with fish or frogs?
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Nabhan, G.P. (2018). Introduction: Conservation You Can Taste. In: Food from the Radical Center. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-920-3_1
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