Nibbles, Menu edition: Garlic, Potatoes, Meat, Tomatoes, Ramps, Bananas, Chocolate, Coffee, Pepper breeding, Local cattle in RSA

• Chicago, Chicago, it’s an edible town. Major urban centre named for edible wild species shock.
• Drought-resistant potatoes! At least 1000 genes involved.
• Test-tube burgers? ((Not normally the kind of thing I’d link to, but you can see what’s happening here.))
• Wild tomatoes and climate change. A meeting round-up from our chums at CIAT.
• The appeal of fair trade bananas. A good read.
• Technical Guidelines on the Safe Movement of Cacao Germplasm updated.
• Coffee, please. A cup of your finest specialty variety.
• Caribbean pepper breeders getting hot under the collar.
• Gotta love the way Farm Radio Weekly not only has great stories about agrobiodiversity, but also handy background notes.

Well, that was fun.