Guides, stories, and tools for anyone who wants to go deeper into the living diversity of food.
These resources have been gathered for visitors, educators, researchers, and chefs who want to understand food diversity more deeply.
Recommended books, documentaries, and long reads on food biodiversity, culinary heritage, and the politics of what we eat.
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The book behind The Living Table — a journey through the forgotten crops, the communities that kept them alive, and the argument for a more diverse, resilient, and delicious food future.
ExploreMichael Pollan
A landmark investigation into where our food comes from and what it costs — ecologically, economically, and ethically.
ExploreJohn Chester, dir.
A documentary following the restoration of a biodiverse farm in California — a hopeful portrait of what regenerative agriculture looks like in practice.
ExploreA directory of gene banks, heritage seed libraries, and community seed exchanges keeping crop diversity alive worldwide.
The world's largest secure seed storage facility, holding over 1.3 million seed samples from nearly every country on Earth.
ExploreA non-profit organisation maintaining one of the largest collections of heirloom seeds in the United States — and a model for community seed saving.
ExploreResearch and policy work on agrobiodiversity, with a focus on underutilised crops and the communities that have kept them alive.
ExploreContribute a resource to the archive — a book, a dataset, a lesson plan, or a documentary that belongs on this shelf.
