Robert Freedman

Robert L. Freedman received a BA in Oriental studies and cultural anthropology from the University of Arizona. His primary research interests are the anthropology of food and nutrition and ethnobotany. In 1996, Freedman created The Famine Foods Database, which is hosted by Purdue University’s New Crops website. He is the author of Human Food Uses: A Cross-Cultural, Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography. Freedman’s articles can be found in the International Journal of Agricultural Extension, World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, and elsewhere.

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Plants for Desperate Times

Plants for Desperate Times

The Diversity of Life-Saving Famine Foods

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