Nibbles: SSE, Chilli collection, Kelp & C, David Spooner, Heritage breeds, SE Asian agroforestry

The great Tim Johnson, (soon to be) formerly of the Seed Savers Exchange, on conserving heritage seeds.
“Peppy professor ponders a peck of pepper possibilities.”
Kelp will save us.
David Spooner: “Ever since I could remember all I ever wanted to be was a botanist.” From potatoes to carrots…
Veterans help save livestock breeds.
Agroforestry is a big hit in Vietnam.

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.