"<i>Preserving Our Roots<i> explores the meanings of lives in which one grows one's own food, saves one's own seed, and shares meals with one's family and neighbors. Coykendall and Melton have captured it all--the seed lore, the recipes, the tales..."--David S. Shields, author of <i>Southern Provisions: The Creation and Revival of a Cuisine.<i>uisine.<i>