{"product_id":"ten-plants-that-changed-minnesota","title":"Ten Plants that Changed Minnesota","description":"\"If we cannot name and recognize plants, how can we value them and realize how essential they are to our environment and our well-being as humans?\" —from the Introduction\n\nIn 2012 a committee of experts chose the ten plants that most changed Minnesota from nearly five hundred citizen nominations, hosted by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The idea that plants, as few as ten, could shape a state and how it developed economically, culturally, and historically, is at the core of the Ten Plants that Changed Minnesota project, which also includes a companion website and a popular freshman seminar at the University of Minnesota. With careful review by more than thirty experts and scientists and with research drawn from newspaper and journal reports, historical photos, diaries, and interviews, Mary Hockenberry Meyer and Susan Davis Price highlight the importance of the selected plants and their impact—both positive and negative—in the development and future of our state. The plants are the apple, alfalfa, the American elm, corn, lawn or turfgrass, purple loosestrife, soybeans, wheat, wild rice, and white pine.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1681340348\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1681340348.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Meyer, Mary Hockenberry|Price, Susan Davis\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331965059133,"sku":"BVV.1681340348.G","price":9.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/ten-plants-that-changed-minnesota","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}