August 28, 2010August 30, 2010 by Luigi Guarino

Nibbles: Wild tomatoes, Brachiaria, Agroforestry, Syrian drought, Vegetable seeds, Durian

How cool is it that a descendant of Charles Darwin is working on wild tomatoes on the Galapagos?
More on the Brazilian “Economic Miracle.”
Let my people plant trees on farmland!
Trouble for Syrian agriculture.
“The D. Landreth Seed Company has sold seeds to every president from George Washington to FDR.” And Obama?
Views on the durian.

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1. Big IUCN report says that biodiversity and agriculture are in conflict, they don’t really need to be, but it’s really complicated for them not to be. So that’s us all told.
2. If only annual crops were perennial, for example, eh?
3. If only we incorporated more sustainable agriculture in education, for example, eh? Apart from anything else we could still have beer. No word on the role of perennial barley though.
4. If only improved seeds were open source, for example, eh?
5. If only we could cryopreserve coral, for example, eh? Wait, what?
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