Nibbles: Conservation, Women, Subsidies, Bees, Microbes, Rhizobia, Genebanks, Chicken history, Nordic genebank

Academics say conservation of biodiversity does not benefit the poor. Maybe they’re talking about the wrong kind of biodiversity?
Innovation of the Week: Feeding Communities by Focusing on Women. I think my irony detector may be on the fritz.
All you ever wanted to know about farm subsidies in the US. h/t Food Politics.
The Bittersweet Dreams of Uruguay’s Beekeepers. Sad.
State microbes! Really fun, and informative. Any better ideas?
More microbes: The evolution of nitrogen fixation. Absolutely fascinating.
Slideshow on genebanks in southern Africa.
Pre-Columbian, Polynesian chickens in Chile not Polynesian and probably not pre-Columbian. Blast! Why must fun theories always run up against the brick wall of facts?
NordGen’s annual report: crops, forests, livestock.