- Rust never sleeps. Good news and bad from CIMMYT.
- Medicinal plant, heal thyself!
- Seven-step programme to livestock breed recognition in new New Agriculturist.
- “The most extreme summers of the last century will become the norm…“
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault makes another Top 10 list.
Featured comment: citrus
Onkel Bob on Show Yourself (not that it has any relevance to that):
Why didn’t Turks create the same garden scheme as the Persians? Is it their pastoral roots? One would think they would want citrus fruits in their winter pastures. Even after settling in Anatolia, (what we currently call Turkey) the Seljuks and subsequent Turkish migrations never developed the garden schemes we see in SW Asia/Levant.
Nibbles: Brew, India, Coffee, Quinoa, Sheep, Snails, Maps
- Beer diversity to die for. Luigi comments: “Only 300?”
- Giant claims, some false, for genetic resources in North-East India.
- Coffee good for wild tree biodiversity. Joe unavailable for comment.
- How Alejandro Bonifacio saved quinoa. PROINPA comments: “And me?”
- Sheep manure’s contribution to Portuguese rye agriculture.
- Circum-Mediterranean escargotières.
- Map it or lose it.
Featured comment: self-sufficiency
Yvonne, on The Food Crisis: Déjà Vu:
In these times, when desertification, civil unrest, natural disasters and other crises, force groups or families from traditional or stationary plots of ground, they can still feed themselves IF we provide a growing structure that does not REQUIRE that plot of land.
Of course, there’s a bit more to it than that, but still …
Come on, show yourself. We know you’re there
Bloggers are full of fancy reasons for their habit, and we’re no exception. One we might not say out loud is that it feels good to know that other people read what we write. A few weeks ago we implemented a major piece of gee-whizzery to draw attention to a featured comment: that’s it top right in the yellow box. Our primary reason is to reward people who make interesting comments ((I’ve always believed in rewarding behaviour you want more of, and ignoring (not punishing) the rest.)) but we were obviously also hoping to attract more people to comment. Now, another excuse to solicit your input: we are, apparently, in the middle of National Delurking Week. Of course, we’re not that parochial, so let’s hear it for Global Delurking Week. And here’s all you need to know:
Shy? Don’t be!
Don’t know what to say? Just say hi!
Afraid? What of? There’s nothing to be afraid of here on [our] blog. Everyone’s welcome and safe here.
A regular commenter? Say hi so that those who aren’t won’t feel like they have to be the first.
OK, off you go …