Agricultural spread in Europe

Black Sea flood “causedÂ spread of agriculture in Europe.” Noah unavailable for comment.

Heart-stopping coincidence An interesting blog post by Amelia Hanslow, ostensibly about fat-tailed...
Rare today, relevant tomorrow: new lessons from a really old barley experiment I was vaguely aware of the Composite Cross II (CCII)...
Pavlovsk interpretation depends on the kindness of strangers Can you help provide a precis of this broadcast, “Results...

Festivals, rituals and seed-saving go hand in hand, as this photo essay on Koraput’s Adivasis shows for World Indigenous Peoples Day.
Speaking of unlikely alliances, Israeli and Palestinian researchers have teamed up on wheat that can take the heat in a warming, drying Middle East.
Not to be outdone in the resilience stakes, the cowpea shrugs off both drought and flooding, according to FAO.
If all this talk of resilient crops has you inspired, here’s a how-to on starting your own community seed bank, in South Africa or anywhere else for that matter.
And for when preservation is really about nostalgia: Romania’s Buzau genebank is keeping childhood mint flavours alive, chocolate, clove and vanilla notes included.