What We Are Reading Today: The Seed Detective by Adam Alexander

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Updated 13 July 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: The Seed Detective by Adam Alexander

In “The Seed Detective,” Adam Alexander shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday vegetable heroes.

Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization and serendipity – describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures.