Nibbles: Fiji lab, World Economic Plants, USDA garlic, Breeding conference, Borlaug Summit, Alex Morrell, Hayden Flour

Fiji commissions tissue culture lab to get clean planting materials out to farmers.
World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference finally out. But farmers probably knew all about them already.
Speaking of USDA, here’s what they do to conserve garlic.
Big conference in the UK on Breeding Plants for the Future. Seems like there’s one of these every week these days.
Like at CIMMYT, for example, in remembrance of Dr Norman Borlaug.
“Our germplasm – our genetic base here – is the best in the world. We dominate genetics in the industry.” I’d like to meet a seed industry guy who didn’t say that.
Meanwhile, in Arizona: “We’re not trying to go back in time, but capturing an authentic time.” I’d like to meet this guy. And put him together with the guy above.