Caspar Henderson

The North American fruit tree that provides a model for economics

Bound in a web of connectivity, the serviceberry produces sufficient food for humans and other animals, and is an outstanding example of wealth consisting in ‘having enough to share’

The Saskatoon serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia. [Alamy]
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    Allen Lane, pp. 128, £14

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