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More than a decade after Michael Pollan's game-changing The Omnivore's Dilemma transformed the conversation about what we eat, a combination of global diet trends and corporate interests have put American agriculture into a state of 'quiet emergency', from dangerous drought in California - which grows more than 50 percent of the fruits and vegetables we eat - to catastrophic topsoil loss in the 'breadbasket' heartland of the United States.

Angelique Richards is an Auckland (New Zealand) based forager, who lived and foraged in the United Kingdom for 5 years. Realising she had ADHD at the age of 40. She chats to foragers and nature lovers to discover how they deal with ADHD, Autism and AuDHD. What challenges do they experience, how do they overcome them? Learn ways you can spot these traits to support yourself, your friends and make the world a better place. Here's to increasing our Neurodivergent care circles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the snow melts and the spring approaches, the animal kingdom awakens. In Summer World, Bernd Heinrich, the best-selling author of Winter World, brings us an up-close and personal view of that awakening and rebirth.

Explore the notorious mutiny on the Bounty, a ship of the British Royal Navy, which occurred on April 28, 1789. Led by Fletcher Christian, the mutiny was a rebellion against the commanding officer, William Bligh. The Bounty, carrying a cargo of breadfruit, had just left Tahiti when the mutiny broke out near Tonga. Christian, along with his followers, forcefully took control of the ship, confining Bligh to the deck with only his nightshirt for clothing. Despite Blighs pleas for reason, Christian responded with, I am in hell, I am in hell!. The mutineers then forced Bligh and his loyal crew into...