Nibbles: Pavlovsk, Maize, Papaver somniferum, Organics, Zulu gardens, Feasts, Female farmers, Transhumance, Dogs

by Jeremy on August 31, 2010

Bioversity International and UNEP jointly pile on the pressure to preserve Pavlovsk …
… as do plant professors from University of Wisonsin.
Mexican maize farmers using CIMMYT genebank materials to adapt their varieties. Why not in Africa, then?
High praise for a novel on opium.
Mat Kinase takes Time to task over lacklustre organics article.
King Goodwill Zwelithini calls for One Home One Garden campaign to support food-growing and nutrition.
Feasts predate agriculture. Well, yeah.
Female farmers … a bloke writes.
Great pic on the joys of modern transhumance.
Resurrecting the Maize King. And why not?
More than anyone has a right to know about dogs in the ancient world.

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What wild foods did Neolithic farmers eat? Archaeobotanists want to know. So do we.
British Foreign Office promotes economics of biodiversity and ecosystems in SE Asia. Nothing to say on agrobiodiversity.
Maybe they could learn how to use Nature to profit from the San in Namibia?
You say mango, I say bango, lets call the whole thing off.
Is this now the biggest urban farm in the world?
Silly veg stuff on Twitter. My favorite so far is Okra Winfrey.
Seedy Sunday, approaching fast in the UK, cries out for some silliness.

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