Nibbles: Hawaii research farms, Disneyland dates, Sumerian beer, Danish beer, Hipster foods, Wheat rust, Salmon farming, Quinoa pix, Asparagus cost, Llama evacuation, Japanese hemp, Awards

“You can trace the genetic makeup of most corn grown in the U.S., and in many other places around the world, to Hawaii.” There’s a GMO angle, but that’s frankly the least interesting thing about this.
Disneyland protects really old date palm. Sweet.
“A Hymn to Ninkasi.” Sumerian beer 101.
Bronze Age beer: not quite as old as Sumerian, but still…
Hipsters told to stop worrying about beer, among other foody things.
They should worry about wheat rust though.
And salmon.
And quinoa, of course. Pictorial taster for a forthcoming, restricted Harper’s feature.
The true cost of Peruvian asparagus is also kinda worrying. Those poor hipsters.
But Peru has other stuff to worry about, like active volcanoes and llamas.
“In haiku poetry… key words describing the stages of cannabis cultivation denoted the season when the poem is set.” Oh, I’m researching that, and no mistake.
Nominations sought for World Food Prize and Wangari Maathai Award.