Nibbles: Natural history collections, Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree, Conserving local crops, Biofuels, Quinoa, Climate change

Why don’t genebanks count as natural history collections?
Saving The Old Apple Tree. That would be as opposed to any old apple tree.
“If the indigenous seeds are important enough for scientists to fight to preserve in a seed vault deep in the belly of a mountain in Norway, would it not make sense to ensure these seeds survive within their own environments?” Good question from Uganda.
Council on Bioethics says “Biofuel policies are unethical”. Here’s the Press Release.
Local women’s quinoa cookbook (in Spanish) wins prize (in France). We’re calling it quinoa, not quinua, because we want people to find us.
CARE cares about climate change and food security.

One Reply to “Nibbles: Natural history collections, Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree, Conserving local crops, Biofuels, Quinoa, Climate change”

Not only Natural histroy collection but also Anthropological collections – there is so much stuff in the passport information.

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