- Rejoice, the new edition of the FAO/Bioversity Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD) are now available on-line!
 - Pollinators good for pollination shock. No, kidding apart, this is Pollinator Week and we should take note.
 - Another step in building plant breeding capacity in West Africa.
 - How to get quinoa cake on the menu of posh Bolivian coffee shops.
 - Virtual tour of my old stomping ground at the Cambridge University Botanical Garden includes a chemical trail. Which alas does not in turn include the main chemical we used to consume there.