Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
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Gary is an internationally-celebrated nature writer, food & farming activist, and proponent of conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. Welcome to the Agave Spirit World! This website aims to explore and involve YOU in exploring the many ways that the century plants called agaves - have evolved beneficial relationships with bats, microbes and human cultures.
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
3M ago
The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of the 2024 James Beard Media Awards in Chicago on June 8. The awards, often referred to as the “Oscars of the food world,” recognized top food authors, broadcast producers, hosts, journalists, podcasters, and social media content creators ..read more
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
6M ago
The paperback release of Agave Spirits by WW Norton marks a year of critical praise not just for the Suro-Nabhan collaboration of four years in the making of this book, but for all who are conserving the life-giving interactions between century plants and bats ..read more
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
9M ago
This week, we dive into the world of apples and agave. First, we talk with apple historian Diane Flynt, author of Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South, about what makes apples so magical and the connection apples have to people ..read more
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
9M ago
Wormfarm Institute announced today that its popular Fermentation Fest: A Live Culture Convergence will return to Witwen Park in the heart of rural Sauk County, WI from October 7-8 ..read more
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
9M ago
On a recent evening at Tequilas, a restaurant in Philadelphia, I was offered a small bowl of what looked like gnarled slices of dried pineapple. It was roasted agave, of the same variety that had produced the mezcal in the small glass cup in front of me on the bar ..read more
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
9M ago
Gary Paul Nabhan and David Suro Piñera’s “Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals” is both a paean to and lamentation for the unique intersection of nature and community that produces mezcal ..read more
Mezcal Mankind Mutualism Blog
9M ago
The New York Times just posted praise for our Agave Spirits book, but at the same time I want to thank the many friends who came out to the Marfa Agave Festival, Collected Works in Santa Fe and Book Works in Albuquerque for our storytelling from the book ..read more