Author Archives: Eva Steinberg

Eva Rose Steinberg (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her dissertation research examines the practices surrounding plant breeding and biodiversity conservation as they relate to notions of purity, property, and adapting to climate change. She focuses on peanut breeding, collecting, and growing, and is currently collaborating with several groups in North Carolina and Georgia on a participatory peanut breeding project.
esteinberg@gc.cuny.edu | Assemblage Profile
An animated peanut with a bowler hat and a white beard sits on one side of a campfire, opposite three smaller peanuts grinning back at him adoringly. Amid the chirping crickets and the crackling of the fire, the older peanut calls out: “Gather round my little legumes, it's story time!”

Love at First Sprout: Wild Peanuts and Mars’ Plan for Climate Security

Eva Steinberg March 18, 2026
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An animated peanut with a bowler hat and a white beard sits on one side of a campfire, opposite three smaller peanuts grinning back at him adoringly. Amid the chirping crickets and the crackling of the fire, the older peanut calls out: “Gather round my little legumes, it’s story time!” A small redheaded pod responds, “Grandpa, tell us the M and M’s story again.” Grandpa responds in a chiding tone: “We’ll get there! But, let’s start at the beginning…” (read more...)

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