Nibbles: Vege-juice, Urban livestock, Seeds, Slow Food

by Jeremy on October 26, 2008

Drink vegetable diversity for better nutrition. Jeremy sez: “Too salty”. And asks: “Who paid?”
“So why isn’t everyone living this locavore dream of having organic, free-range eggs for nearly nothing, right from their own backyard? Well, for one thing, it’s illegal.”
Blogger Seed Network. Explained. Make it grow.
Terra Madre, more notes from the Gristmill.

Fresh Nibbles: February 12, 2012 : <- click to comment

The Tatar Information Agency announces a conference to celebrate NI Vavilov’s 125th birthday, neglects to include date: 25 November 2012?
Rice and ritual expresses the “intangible cultural heritage of agriculture and food”.
Canadian scores four new old tomatoes from their genebank.
The agave fight goes on.

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Featured Comment: February 11, 2012

SLNRao regrets the mistakes of the past, but sees a bright future ahead for grasspea, and its relatives:

Looking at the likely benefits of Homoarginine on the cardiovasculature and emerging concepts on ODAP itself I am of the firm belief that grass pea in coming years will turn into a rich man’s pulse.

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