Nibbles: Pasiega cow, Goat-cow, Badri cow, Zimbabwe festival, Heirloom apples, South Korea genebank, Marmottier, Radiation breeding

  1. Cantabria is putting the Pasiega cow in the bank. Just in case.
  2. Spain’s “goat-cows” are fighting wildfires the old-fashioned way: by eating the fuel. I hope they’re in the bank too.
  3. India has made a Badri calf in a lab. Conservation meets IVF.
  4. Old apples are having a revival. Turns out forgotten apple varieties can taste pretty good. Well I never, is it that time of year already?
  5. Zimbabwe’s Mbire district celebrates seed, food and culture with a festival. What, no cows? Or apples?
  6. South Korea is looking for partners to save climate-resilient plants. A seed vault is better with friends.
  7. The marmottier can’t decide whether it’s a plum or an apricot. Botanists sympathise.
  8. In the atomic age, gardeners irradiated seeds and waited for something interesting to grow. Sometimes it did.

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