Nibbles: Seed saving, Hard graft, Urban Ag, Sandwiches, Chickens

by Luigi on February 6, 2010

Psst, wanna save some seeds? Maybe do a little breeding on the side. USDA has some sites for you. NSFW.
Patrick grafts citrus — after, er, sidestepping genebank authorization hell.
Got an article on Best Practices in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Development? JAFSCD wants it.
Scanwiches. Really. Diversity in bread. h/t Cleek. (Hey, it’s a slowish day.)
Backyard chickens: an art, a science, a social movement. An exhibition. At cornell.

Leave a Comment

Fresh Nibbles: February 13, 2012 : <- click to comment

GardenSearch just got way more complicated.
Today’s silver bullet is an Australian grasspea variety. Actually the first Australian grasspea variety.
Our friend Nik goes to town on IRRI’s wild relatives.
How to breed sweet potatoes. The saga continues.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
ILRI uses the particular to make points about the general. Clever.
Californian fine-foraging. I wonder if any of the diners will also read the following piece and be inspired to do their foraging further afield.
Angelenos learn about Vavilov’s Principle.
A forester argues for forests in the Rio+20 process. Mandy Rice-Davies applies.
Tanzanian Regional Commissioner urges farmers to sow sorghum and millet. If necessary, they can learn from …
Farmers in Tamil Nadu, who helped scientists learn lots more about local millets, and got a publication into the bargain.
Who’s doing what in Kenya in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Genebank scrapes in, though not by name, under KARI.

Nibbles Archive: All that condensed goodness.

And easy access to the Brainfood Archive.

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.

So he said ...
Lately ...
Popular ...

February 12, 2012: michael bennett commented on Erna Bennett: more on this unique person
February 12, 2012: R Hardwick commented on Nibbles: Cover crops, Barley tempeh, Irish biodiversity, Veg research, Landwirtschaft in einer anderen Dimension, Farmers Markets
February 11, 2012: Kenneth Welles commented on Giant swamp taro analyzed
February 9, 2012: SLNRao commented on Debating the future of grasspea breeding
February 8, 2012: Clare Trivedi commented on Nibbles: Mike Jackson blog, Philippines genebank fire, Ancient garden, USA maps, Horse domestication, Gnats, Livestock training, Chocolate, Epigenetics, Indian nutritional security, Kew fund, GM bananas, Reconciling databases
February 7, 2012: Ola Westengen commented on Cotton doyen passes away
February 7, 2012: Jacob commented on Nibbles: Musa taxonomy kerfuffle, Vouchers, Foodies, Aroid roundup, MAS is ok, Sierra Leone conservation
February 7, 2012: David commented on Cotton doyen passes away
February 6, 2012: Dave Wood commented on Nibbles: Mike Jackson blog, Philippines genebank fire, Ancient garden, USA maps, Horse domestication, Gnats, Livestock training, Chocolate, Epigenetics, Indian nutritional security, Kew fund, GM bananas, Reconciling databases
February 6, 2012: Dave Wood commented on Consolidation in the seed industry