Photography by David Ondrik

I’m reading Barbara Kingsolver’s above mentioned book. Here’s a heartening passage:

“History has regularly proven it drastically unwise for a population to depend on just a few varieties for the majority of its sustenance.”

This is in reference to the “streamlining” of agriculture. For instance, in the early 80s there were around 5,000 varities of non-hybrid vegetables in seed catalouges. In the late 90s it was 600. I wonder what it is now.