{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"College of Sciences News","provider_url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news","author_name":"jerriann.sullivan","author_url":"","title":"The loss of food varieties and cultural diversity - College of Sciences News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qST6kbZ7Ot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/the-loss-of-food-varieties-and-cultural-diversity\/\">The loss of food varieties and cultural diversity<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/the-loss-of-food-varieties-and-cultural-diversity\/embed\/#?secret=qST6kbZ7Ot\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The loss of food varieties and cultural diversity&#8221; &#8212; College of Sciences News\" data-secret=\"qST6kbZ7Ot\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-07-at-4.04.13-PM.png","thumbnail_width":237,"thumbnail_height":80,"description":"Sociology Doctoral Student Racine Jacques and Political Science Associate Professor\u00a0Peter Jacques partnered recently to study the\u00a0loss of food varieties and cultural diversity. Their research will be\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0Sustainability. The article &#8220;Monocropping Cultures into Ruin: The Loss of Food Varieties and Cultural Diversity&#8221; tackles the loss of genetic diversity of thousands of plants and crops [&hellip;]"}