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01922aim a2200313 4500 001 AB7052AA7ECD11EE8E6E5E0C26ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231109010029 008 230822s2021|||||||||n||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 9798200185924 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Jewell, Jennifer. 245 14 $a The earth in her hands : $b 75 extraordinary women working in the world of plants. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Tantor Audio, $c 2021. 300 $a 8 audio discs (9 1/2 hours.) 500 $a Compact disc. 511 $a Participants: read by Cindy Kay. 520 $a In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell - host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast "Cultivating place" - introduces seventy-five inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. Profiled women include flower farmer Erin Benzakein; codirector of Soul Fire Farm Leah Penniman; plantswoman Flora Grubb; edible and cultural landscape designer Leslie Bennett; Caribbean-American writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid; soil scientist Elaine Ingham; landscape designer Ariella Chezar; floral designer Amy Merrick, and many more. Rich with personal stories and insights, Jewell's portraits reveal a devotion that transcends age, locale, and background, reminding us of the profound role of green growing things in our world - and our lives. -- from publisher. 541 $d 20230822. 650 $a Women gardeners. 650 $a Women botanists. 650 $a Women farmers. 650 $a Women conservationists. 650 $a Women landscape architects. 650 4 $a Women in botany. 941 $a 1 945 $a cda 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20231109010126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AB7052AA7ECD11EE8E6E5E0C26ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search