PhDiva linked to a couple of fun drink-related articles last week. One purported to tell the true story of the origin of champagne. Or rather, of the methode champenoise. All down to an English cider-maker, apparently. The other story described an attempt to recreate Phrygian beer, based on the analysis of residues found on pots. Sounds delicious.
Nibbles: Markets, Edible schoolyard
Nibbles: Hops, Green Revolution, Leeks, Hemp, Ethical eating, Cuba, Farmers’ markets
- Brewers vertically integrate themselves. Like Snoopy Miller.
- They met, we ate.
- Roman garden recreated in Wales, complete with leeks.
- “There are around 45,000 different uses for hemp.”
- Drawing the ecotarian line.
- Cuban urban agriculture sprouts anew after Ike.
- List of farmers markets in the US. Luigi asks: where’s the GoogleMaps mashup?
Nibbles: Agribusiness
- The CBD’s Business Newsletter focuses on agrobiodiversity. In other news, the CBD has a business newsletter. Who knew. Thanks, Michael.
Nibbles: New Agriculturist, Sheep, Jatropha, Carrots
- All about potatoes.
- Mutant sheep to attack Australia.
- An Indian Jatropha genebank in the news. And a study to tell us where to collect more using some really cool software.
- The ‘Purple Dragon’ carrots are coming up in a variety of colours but mostly not purple.