The joy of rice marketing in Japan. I wonder if a similar approach might work for quinoa in Bolivia, say.
Fighting and using insects in agriculture
Most of the continent’s food is lost to insects, either on farm, or in storage post-harvest. By saving just a fraction of this produce, millions of people in Africa would be saved from hunger.
That’s from Prof Christian Borgemeister, DG of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) in Nairobi. But there’s a useful side to insects too, of course. Read the full interview in Business Daily Africa.
What crisis? This crisis!
Whatever The Economist might think, DEFRA is worried about bees and is on the job.
The business of sustainability
Emeka Okafor at Timbuktu Chronicles has turned me on to Sustainable Food Lab, a consortium of 70 businesses and social organizations dedicated to “accelerating the shift of sustainable food from niche to mainstream.” Among other agrobiodiversity-related things, they have a project on Allenbackia, which is what got Emeka excited in the first place. I like the geographic interface.
14th Berry Go Round…
…is up, at Gravity’s Rainbow. Welcome, everyone!