Nibbles: Gender myths, Cabbage myth, Deforestation, Urban ag, School gardens, Avocado disease, Tourism & conservation, African trees, European biofuels

Hoary zombie gender myths bite the dust. Wish the same could be said of agrobiodiversity myths…
The first cabbage, according to the ancient Greeks. A myth we can all get behind.
WWF maps deforestation hotspots. Like the whole of Sumatra.
Profits not the (only) point of urban farming.
Maintaining food culture by gardening in a Native American community. See what I mean?
After citrus greening, now comes laurel wilt. Poor Florida.
Biodiversity conservation through tourism in Latin America. Including agrobiodiversity?
The trees and shrubs of mopane woodlands, illustrated.
European biofuels hit the buffers.

One Reply to “Nibbles: Gender myths, Cabbage myth, Deforestation, Urban ag, School gardens, Avocado disease, Tourism & conservation, African trees, European biofuels”

Re: Mopane woodlands
Oooh, I love a good photo guide. It’s comprehensive, intuitive to use and got lots of useful detail about each species. Only one photo per species though, which is a pain.

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Fresh Nibbles

A paean to diverse diets is just what we all need.
And another one, from the MIT Technology Review of all places.
Menawhile, there’s only one reference to dietary diversity in the World Bank’s investment framework for nutrition.
Maybe you have to quantify that diversity before you can save it? Now where have I heard that before?
Meanwhile, Europe reports on biodiversity-friendly farming practices. Does that include the biodiversity of the actual crops? Perhaps surprisingly, yes!
You want biodiversity-friendly farming practices? Talk to Indigenous people. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has launched an e-consultation on “Preserving, strengthening and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems and traditional practices for sustainable food systems.”
There’s diversity in asparagus too.
Genebanks can help with those biodiversity-friendly practices, diverse diets and rops and Indigenous practices.
Even big international genebanks.
Even the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
But some are in trouble.
Though others are coming back.

Published on November 7, 2024