Brainfood: Biodiversity review, History, Maize history, Maya ag, Agroecology, Ancient curry, IK, Culture & policy, Breeding review, Pacific PGRFA, Pacific breeding, Epidemics, Xylella

Biodiversity: Concepts, Patterns, Trends, and Perspectives. It may not be the sixth mass extinction, but it’s still bad, and we’re to blame. Interestingly for such a high-level review, genetic diversity of domesticated species is actually mentioned. Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research. Conserving the genetic diversity of domesticated …

Nibbles: ICRISAT genebank, Rubus, Microbial collections, AnGR, Xylella podcast, Andean ag, Chefs galore, Zizania, Peas, Inflatable beans, NUS, Potato Day, TR4, CC impacts, Cereals

Wanna work in a genebank in Niamey? More on that proposed livestock genebank in Uganda. Microbes have collections too. On his holiday, Jeremy mainly looked at dead olive trees. Freak. The Potato King looks like a cool movie. Chef Ramsey’s latest? Maybe not so much. Oh crap, we missed National Potato Day. Not in Peru, …

Nibbles: Irradiated mangoes, PNG genebank, Chinese taro, Strawberry breeding, DNA sequencing, Googling sheep, Weird pineapple, Agroforestry, Olive diversity, Xylella, Fermentation, Pulque & mezcal, Cheese & donkeys, Italian food double, Tomato double, Fairchild, Vanilla history, Potato history, Kelemu

Did you miss us? Well, we’re making up for lost time today. Buckle up. Seafaring mangoes. India to help PNG get (another?) genebank. Somebody mention taro? The Chinese are coming. Strawberries for Christmas. Handheld genotyping. Brave new world. All the sheep in the world. Trees > lungs. Pink pineapple. Yeah, why not. Tuscan olives are …