Nibbles: Tea, Commodity dependence, Wild pigs, Organic ag, Fungus

Tea to get quality standards, geographic indications. Luigi’s mother-in-law unavailable for comment, but would probably say everybody already knows her tea is high quality and where it comes from.
And speaking of Africa and commodities…
Pygmy hog saved from extinction. Pocket pigs deny involvement.
Big write-up of Ryton Organic Garden. Jeremy bound to comment.
Perigord black truffle under threatÂ from Chinese invader. Stock up now.

One Reply to “Nibbles: Tea, Commodity dependence, Wild pigs, Organic ag, Fungus”

Er … it’s a big write-up.

A paean to diverse diets is just what we all need.
And another one, from the MIT Technology Review of all places.
Menawhile, there’s only one reference to dietary diversity in the World Bank’s investment framework for nutrition.
Maybe you have to quantify that diversity before you can save it? Now where have I heard that before?
Meanwhile, Europe reports on biodiversity-friendly farming practices. Does that include the biodiversity of the actual crops? Perhaps surprisingly, yes!
You want biodiversity-friendly farming practices? Talk to Indigenous people. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has launched an e-consultation on “Preserving, strengthening and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems and traditional practices for sustainable food systems.”
There’s diversity in asparagus too.
Genebanks can help with those biodiversity-friendly practices, diverse diets and rops and Indigenous practices.
Even big international genebanks.
Even the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
But some are in trouble.
Though others are coming back.