Useful useful plants set on Flickr

Plants – crop wild relative, a set by Arthur Chapman on Flickr. “Plants either used for food and agriculture or relatives of species that are so used. Includes images of plant species taken in fruit and vegetable markets around the world.”

IUCN on Flickr

IUCN has some nice new photos up at Flickr. I don’t really understand the eco-fashion ones, there are no crop wild relatives among the “Celebrating biodiversity” ones, ((LATER: Ah, but they do feature in the list of things why we need biodiversity!)) and, though there is a nod to agriculture in the set on adapting …

Brainfood: French Neolithic, African forages, Sorghum inflorescences, Root morphology, Folium, Tillage, Sparing, Food localness, Indian diet diversity, Sourdough, Genomics costs, Breeding strategies

Early Neolithic (ca. 5850-4500 cal BC) agricultural diffusion in the Western Mediterranean: An update of archaeobotanical data in SW France. Agriculture came to southern France from southern Italy around 5700 BC, initially focusing on hulled wheats, then transitioned to naked cereals as it moved inland. Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches …