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Ground force

By Douglas Palmer

20 December 2003

Plants for People by Anna Lewington, Eden Project Books/Transworld, £20, ISBN 1903919088 Reviewed by Douglas Palmer

THIS makeover of Anna Lewington’s Plants for People should re-establish it as a bible for herbiphiles. It’s also a timely reminder that plants can provide not only the basics of jobs, food, medicine, clothing, shelter and energy, but also luxuries such as Captain Cook’s pineapple fibre shirt and your favourite tipple.

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