> One of the reasons.. I felt it very important to write this book is that the story of opium is the opposite one. It shows us how vulnerable and frail humans are and how fragile human civilisation is because a completely ordinary flower can completely undermine all these structures of civilisation...
#BotanyOfDesire ??

People and books that helped form who I am today:

#GrahamGreene
#JohnUpdike
#WalkerPercy
#kurtvonnegutjr
#JohnIrving
#RalphEllison
#HermannHesse
#LorenEiseley
#JamesBaldwin
#JohnSteinbeck
#RayBradbury
#FrankHerbert
#StrangerInAStrangeLand
#MalcomX
#KimStanleyRobinson
#JulianJaynes
#SomeTimesAGreatNotion
#WendellBerry
#WhatArePeopleFor
#EdwardAbbey
#DesertSolitaire
#TomRussell
#CarlHiaasen
#MichaelPollan
#BotanyOfDesire
#PattiSmith
#MichaelStipe
#DavidSedaris
#CormacMcCarthy

#Bananas Threatened? Like in #BotanyofDesire, The #IrishFamine #Lumper
> The #kiwifruit is really threatened right now by a disease that is also taking advantage of the kiwi monoculture.
> The natural tendency in big business is to keep things simple, which is good because it keeps it cheap, but it hurts it in the end. It’s happening for grapes and olives as well. The other fruit companies should learn from the banana industry, except the banana industry hasn’t learned.
https://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/07/26/the-banana-problem/