Nibbles: Animal abolitionism and not, Patents and not, Early agriculture, Brogdale, Soybean genes, Fancy phenotyping, Nexus principles, ICRAF databases, Transformation, Pest posters

Animal domestication is murder. Will someone tell ILRI? And the Maasai. Indian home remedies at risk from nasty patents. I guess someone has been reading the Washington Post. Agriculture started as a response to the need for large amounts of beer for feasts. Can’t think of a better reason. All the more weird that it …

As American as apples

Gayle Volk and Adam Henk of USDA recently published a fascinating article on “Historic American Apple Cultivars: Identification and Availability.” Gayle kindly agreed to summarize it for us. Thanks, Gayle. Oh, and by the way, if you like old pictures of old apples (and other fruits), there’s a mesmerizing Twitter feed for you. Apples have …