- My friend Zac bags a well-deserved award.
- Agricultural diversity in the Middle Ages: squirrels and cotton. And there’s probably more where those came from…
- Keeping score on agricultural research spending.
- Fermentables interview.
- What does this climate-smart agriculture look like anyway?
- And do they ever need it in the American midwest.
- And what in blazes is candlenut?
- A tool for documenting endangered languages. Maybe endangered landraces or crops one day too…
- Documented: One Sri Lankan farmer’s thoughts on sustainable agriculture.
- Not to mention the plusses and minuses of livestock — straight from the horse’s mouth.
- And the myth that will not die: King Tut’s peas alive and thriving. Kudos to Jackson Holtz, a properly skeptical reporter.
Thank you for mentioning candle nuts. They are one of those interesting minor crops. So called because they are traditionally burned and used as a candle, although when I tried it, it didn’t work! Another of those things villagers can do better than ‘professionals’! Candle nuts are used to thicken Indonesian and Malaysian sauces, although they are bitter and do funny things to your insides if you eat too many. The laksa recipe I have uses them, though macadamias or almonds substitute nicely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleurites_moluccana
NB Candle nuts are not to be confused with various species called candle tree.