Nibbles: Climate, Shitstorm, Fish, Food, Biotech, Talk, Drought, Bananas

by Jeremy on March 3, 2010

Community-based adaptation to climate change. A book from IIED.
This really is outrageous. Manure is now a pollutant in the world’s most wasteful economy. h/t Ethicurean.
Where have all the fishes gone, gone to flowers every one.
Dept. of Uh-huh: Innovation in traditional foodstuffs could harm their image.
Dept. of Uh-huh Pt 2: An over-dependence on genetically modified organisms to boost agricultural production eclipses other biotechnologies and their potential to benefit poor farmers in developing countries.
Adam Forbes is giving a talk about his seed-searching travels, March 22, Princeton, NJ. Go! Report!
Malawi’s miracle laid low by drought?
IITA leads seven African nations against banana diseases.

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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