· A global overview of grains and pseudograins, their role in shifting humans away from hunting and gathering, the evolution of civilizations since the Neolithic period, and the future of our relations with the living
· A specific and illustrated study of the various species of grains and their uses
· Reflections on the solutions that grains can provide to the environmental, spiritual, and food challenges of future generations
· Perspective on the symbolic and religious import of grains throughout eras and civilizations
· A complete inventory of biological and technological conversations up to the current stakes of globalization.