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Apr 27, 2018 · The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands...
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- Lois Lindstrom
David Grandison Fairchild (April 7, 1869 – August 6, 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants [1] and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, [2] pistachios, [3] mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering ...
A girl who feels nothing; a boy who sees shadows and hears what others cannot; a baby without a licence to be born; a deaf teenager and scientific savant; of...
Feb 20, 2018 · In the early 20th century, botanist David Fairchild traveled the world and brought plants back to the U.S. that we now see as thoroughly American. NPR talks with the author of a book on...
- Ari Shapiro
Avocados, mangoes, kale and quinoa are common supermarket foods. But how did they make it to the western world? It's all down to one man: globetrotting food explorer David Fairchild. This is the story of the unsung yet pioneering botanist who changed the way we eat.
Meet the Man Who Found, Finagled, and Ferried Home the Foods We Eat Today. Episodes, Podcasts, Season 10 . You've probably never heard of David Fairchild. But if you've savored kale, mango, peaches, dates, grapes, a Meyer lemon, or a glass of craft beer lately, you've tasted the fruits of his globe-trotting travels in search of the world's best ...
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The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands...
