Nibbles: Fork, Prairies, Cynodon, Clove, Impact, Amazon, Blog, Horse, Thyme, Mauritius, Dyes

Slate puts a fork in, well, the fork.
Gotta love the Prairies.
Mysterious Cattle Deaths Caused by GMO Grass: not GMO, not particularly mysterious.
Gotta love the Spice Islands.
How scientists can extract impact from their ~~navel-gazing~~ research.
Gotta love online mapping platforms.
Another journal starts a blog.
Horses in agriculture, and history.
Gotta love za’tar. It’s about thyme.
Sweeter than sugar. Mauritius goes for fair trade and diversification.
Dying for batik.