Did we note that Will Allen, urban farmer extraordinaire, won the Genius Award last year? Congratulations! Via.
Featured: Niger greens
Kerry updates us on Jessica’s views on the lack of greens in Niger:
Seven months later…yikes, dunno if anybody will see this. J has been in Niger for a year now, and has more of a feel for what’s going on with the seeming lack of veggies. Will be posting on it in the next few weeks. Check out the series and pics on demi-lunes/land reclamation in the meantime. Thanks. KB
Looking forward to it!
Non-wood forest products digested but not fed
The new NWFP-Digest is out. At least if you get the alert from FAO by email. If you go to the “Current issue” page on the website you still get the last issue. It should change in the next few days. But why no RSS feed? I’m beginning to think it’s just me that thinks RSS feeds can significantly boost ease of use at no cost.
Breeding news galore
The latest Plant Breeding News is out. There’s a huge number of interesting tidbits in it this month, including announcements for a number of major international conferences. But I’ll just highlight a web site that I think I may have linked to before but certainly bears mentioning again: PlantStress:
…the purpose of this web site is to serve as a brokerage of information, a meeting place, a consultation facility and a source for professional update on the most important issues of plant environmental (abiotic) stress. While the site is dynamic and constantly updated it also offers basic educational materials to newcomers into this area who wish to use the site for learning. The most important goal of this web site is to promote interaction among those interested in solving the problem of plants under stress in agriculture, be it scientists, extension specialists, business people, administrators, policy makers or farmers.
It includes a useful page of news, announcements and events, although unfortunately it does not have an RSS feed.
Aquaculture podcast
Doug Burdette talks about the history of aquaculture over at Agricultural Innovations, Inc. More to come next week, apparently.