- Patrick reckons black salsify (aka Scorzonera hispanica, or just plain scorzonera) will be “the next ‘powerfood’ in the US”. It certainly is delicious, but I reckon it needs some serious breeding to make it worthwhile.
- CABI news on pests and diseases; there’s a new banana wilt in town that would worry me.
- Oh no! Ammunition for the deforestation deniers. “[R]research flaw that has likely exaggerated the impact of logging in tropical forests“.
- Oh yes! The yak is back.
- Oh no! Elsevier launches new journal: Global Food Security. Freely available (for now).