Gary Nabhan

Writer, professor, and conservationist Gary Paul Nabhan is the director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, a Western States Book Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, Nabhan is author of Coming Home to Eat, The Forgotten Pollinators, and Why Some Like it Hot, among other books.

    Gary's Upcoming Events

    • Gary Paul Nabhan at Bioneers Conference thru 10/19
      Marin Center, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael CA 94903
      October 17, 2008, 10:00 am

      Gary will speak on his book, Renewing America's Food Traditions, at the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA.

    • Gary Nabhan at Heirloom Fruit Workshop - Old Sturbridge Village
      1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge MA 01566
      November 1, 2008, 9:00 am

      Gary Nabhan will join fellow heirloom fruit conservationist Kanin Routson and other local experts for a workshop on heirloom fruit at Old Sturbridge Village beginning at 9 am on November 1st. Visit the weblink above to learn more.

    • Gary Nabhan at Traditional Knowledge & Botany Symposium
      Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis MO
      November 7, 2008, 9:00 am

      Gary Nabhan will deliver a lecture at the Traditional Knowledge and Botany Symposium held at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri from November 7-8, 2008. Please call 1-800-642-8842 to learn more.

    • Gary Nabhan at Capitola Book Cafe
      1475 41st Avenue , Capitola CA 95010
      November 13, 2008, 7:00 pm

      Gary Nabhan will discuss his book, Renewing America's Food Traditions, at Capitola Book Cafe on November 13th at 7:00 pm. Call 831-462-4415 to learn more.

    • Gary Nabhan at San Francisco Green Festival
      San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th St (at Brannan St), San Francisco CA 94103
      November 15, 2008, 2:00 pm

      Gary Paul Nabhan will speak at the San Francisco Green Festival at 2:00 pm on November 15th. Check the festival website for more information and a full schedule.

    • Gary Nabhan at Flavors without Borders event thru 11/22
      Rex Ranch, Amado AZ
      November 21, 2008, 9:00 am

      Gary Nabhan will speak at the Flavors Without Borders event taking place November 21-22 in Amado, AZ. Visit Gary's website to learn more.

    Gary's Books

    Renewing America's Food Traditions

    Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods

    Renewing America’s Food Traditions is a beautifully illustrated dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that gives North America its distinctive culinary identity that reflects our multicultural heritage. It offers us rich natural and cultural histories as well as recipes and folk traditions associated with the rarest food plants and animals in North America. In doing so, it reminds us that what we choose to eat can either conserve or deplete the cornucopia of our continent.