Nibbles: No-dig, Joe, Gritty Veg, Insect food, Forests, Finger millet, Bees

No-dig, (almost) no-water surplus veggies in Lala land. Via.
Smell the coffee and wake up.
Yet more urban agriculture reviving neighbourhood culture.
Giant grasshopper is good for you.
And speaking of Google Earth (see below): you can use it to track disappearing forests as well as disappearing gourds.
“Our mother who grinds ragi at home is far more superior to our father who rules this country.” Finger millet makes a comeback in India.
Aussie report urges honey bee protection. Good on ya, mate.

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.