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UnDisciplined: Why you should become a 'student of seed'

A man Planting Seeds
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A man Planting Seeds

Most people haven't spent much time contemplating the personal ecological and cultural significance of plant seeds. But just for a moment here, consider what our world would look like without them.

Jennifer Jewell is the creator and host of the weekly public radio program Cultivating Place, which is syndicated on NPR affiliate stations across the nation. She is the author of the recent book What We Sow.

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Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.