Eva Rose Steinberg (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in cultural anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her dissertation research examines the practices surrounding plant breeding and biodiversity conservation as they relate to notions of purity, property, and adapting to climate change. She focuses on peanut breeding, collecting, and growing, and is currently collaborating with several groups in North Carolina and Georgia on a participatory peanut breeding project.
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Ultracross Collards and Unsettled Practices of Plant Care
“The more trashy your source material is, the longer it takes to make a new variety.” The North Carolina State University crop science professor’s use of “trash... More