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The Living Wind

From: Lost Feast

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In this chapter Newman provides an overview on the rise and fall of the passenger pigeon in North America. Through this Newman examines how during the shift from agricultural to industrial society lead to the decline and eventual extinction of the most populous bird in history as society was unable to grasp the full scale of their decline and how their loss effected and still effects the ecosystem to the present day.

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Lenore Newman

Lenore Newman is the Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley. She is the author of the acclaimed Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey. She divides her time between Vancouver and Roberts Creek, British Columbia.