Luigi Guarino

January 19, 2008

Heal thyself

Medicinal plants in trouble.

January 17, 2008

More trouble in Naples

Brucillosis threatens mozzarella. Camorra unavailable for comment.

January 16, 2008

Feeding livestock

New Agriculturist focuses on livestock feed and fodder systems.

January 16, 2008October 10, 2017

Indian biodiversity information

India is to build a national biodiversity information system. Will it include agricultural biodiversity? Not clear from the short article in The Hindu, but I hope to be surprised. The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources does have relevant databases (though not all online yet)…

January 16, 2008November 28, 2017

FAO developing forestry strategy

…and you can download the discussion document and comment on it here. Via ~~Non-Wood Forest Products Newsletter~~((FAO’s link is broken.)).

1. What’s wrong with supermarkets.
2. Cate Blanchett on the Millennium Seed Bank. Attitude to supermarkets unknown.
3. Access & Benefit Sharing 101. Cate Blanchett unavailable for comment.
4. Experts weigh in on how we should change how we eat. Nobody but Cate Blanchett will listen, but supermarkets and seeds feature, for what it’s worth.
5. How they ate in the Middle Ages without supermarkets. Or at least harvested.
6. After we’re done with medieval haymaking, let’s bring back the aurochs too. And put it in a supermarket?
7. Yeah but what is a breed anyway? Or an aurochs, for that matter.
Published on September 9, 2025