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Podcast: Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson
Episode: Seeding Civilization
Description: Janisse Ray, Author The Seed Underground and Wild Spectacle
For a hundred million years, give or take, plants looked for a way to reproduce themselves.  Those that found the most efficient ways to reproduce won the right to survive, produce seeds, and populate the earth.Â
A hundred thousand years ago, give or take, we showed up on the scene and began our search for ways to survive in this what’s-eating-what world.   Then about 12,000 years ago, give or take, we developed the ability to civilize flowering plants, and by doing so, developed agricultur...