Nibbles: Polyploidy study, Agrobiodiversity policy, Organic livestock, Innovation, Buffett on small farms

$2 million to study strawberries sounds like quite a lot, but then it is to investigate polyploidy in general.
Agroforesters hear about IPR and agrobiodiversity. Probably not for the first, or last, time.
Let’s not forget that even animal husbandry can be organic.
“A lack of evidence to convince policymakers holds back progress on grassroots innovation in agriculture.” Weird; doesn’t seem to hold them back on anything else.
What Howard G. Buffett knows about small farms. Campaign for Real Farming has made his words available.