Nibbles: Spinifex industry, Tsiperifery pepper, Pacific taro, Coffee double, Guadeloupe genebanks, Cucumber history, Gourmet maize, Peruvian cuisine, Heirloom rice

Spinifex fibres for ultra-thin condoms, with indigenous approval.
Piper borbonense getting its 15 minutes.
Cook Islands shares taros with Samoa. Fingers crossed they’re TLB resistant.
A couple of videos you may only be able to get on Facebook, or at least I can’t find other sources: Ethiopian coffee ceremony, and INRA/CIRAD’s banana and yam collections in Guadeloupe.
Speaking of coffee, drink it while you can. And yes, it’s China’s fault.
The cucumber in England through the ages.
Gourmet maize in Oaxaca right now.
All kinds of gourmet food in Peru right now too.
Ok, ok, a Filipina chef on gourmet heirloom rice too.