Plants Save the World Bookshelf

One predicted the impossible. One found a cure. One feeds us all.

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Darwin's 130-year prediction about a flower and its moth pollinator, Tu Youyou discovering a malaria cure in an ancient plant remedy, and farmers who steward the land — the common thread is that plants are quietly saving humanity, and these are the stories that prove it.

Fever

When Chinese scientist Tu Youyou searched for a cure for malaria, an ancient text led her to an unusual plant. Read the story of Nobel Prize winner and her research that saved millions of lives.

Pollen

Scientist Charles Darwin received an orchid from Madagascar that had a very long nectary, the tube that holds nectar. He predicted that it would be pollinated by a moth. But it took 135 years to prove him right.

Thanks, Farmers

With rewritten lyrics to the tune Simple Gifts, kids will express gratitude to farmers for our food.