Gary Paul Nabhan Quotes

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We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That is the best way we can stay in touch with the fates of its creatures, its indigenous cultures, its earthbound wisdom. That is the best way we can be in touch with ourselves.

Gary Paul Nabhan

If you send it halfway around the world before it is eaten, an organic food still may be 'good' for the consumer, but is it 'good' for the food system?

Gary Paul Nabhan

We have reached the end of the road that is built on the set of traits held out for male identity--advance at any cost, pay any price, drive out all competitors, and kill them if necessary.... we have arrived at a point from which we must seek a basis of faith in connection-- and not only faith but recognition that it is a requirement for the existence of human beings.

Gary Paul Nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan

Born: March 17, 1952 (age 73)

Bio: Gary Paul Nabhan is an Agricultural Ecologist, Ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, and author whose work has focused primarily on the plants and cultures of the desert Southwest.

Known for:

Coming Home to Eat (2002)
Where Our Food Comes From (2009)
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey (2014)
The Desert Smells Like Rain (1982)
Gathering the Desert (1985)

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