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Copyright © 1991 by David Arthur Cleveland and Daniela Soleri

Published by the
Center for People, Food and Environment (CPFE)
344 South Third Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701, USA

with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
New York, New York, USA

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 0-9627997-0-X

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Cover design: Paul Mirocha.

Cover photographs: front, harvesting leaves for soup in Zorse, northeast Ghana (David A. Cleveland); back cover, center, preparing leaves and okra for drying in Zorse, northeast Ghana (David A. Cleveland); left, Hopi-Tewa Norman Honnie in his garden in Arizona, USA (Daniela Soleri); right, marketing squash vine tips in northern Pakistan (Daniela Soleri); front piece, dates from the garden and kishk (fermented, dried wheat balls) are offered in hospitality. Upper Egypt (Daniela Soleri)