Nibbles: Bison, Jordan, Apples, Opium

by Jeremy on October 9, 2008

More than you’ve ever wanted to know about bison.
Why can we all just get along? An effort to save The River Jordan. Via.
Looking for the universe in a grain of sand? Apple diversity in East Yorkshire.
The pros and cons of legalizing opium in Afghanistan.

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Host a volunteer school food gardener (in the US).
M.S. Swaminathan’s menu for food security in India. Burp.
Purmina Menon’s menu for food security in India takes us beyond food. Pardon me.
Anyone for edible orchids? Anissa Helou on salep.
Wasp flies in hot pursuit of cassava mealybugs.
Melinda ♡ breastfeeding. The basis for sound nutrition.
Humped conch got bigger as a result of human activities — despite being hunted. Complex.
“Africa to become world’s breadbasket.” Makes a change from being the world’s basketcase.

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Featured Comment: August 29, 2010

Penny has an intriguing idea about black rice:

“Dr Xu says he’d like to see Louisiana farmers growing black rice.”

Or, we could just buy it from the countries where it is indigenous to. That way, the farmers who actually developed it would benefit from producing it.

She has reasons, too, good ones.

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Nibbles: Bison, Jordan, Apples, Opium

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Who’s tweeting Medvedev