Luigi Guarino

June 22, 2007

Garlic in the press

The beginning of a panic about the garlic deficit with China? Via Food Museum Blog.

June 22, 2007

Potholes on the Tequila Trail

Tequila vs maize in the homeland of both.

June 22, 2007June 22, 2007

From a cold and wet Addis Ababa

I’m spending the week here for work and could not resist the temptation to do some advertising for Ethiopia’s Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, one of the world’s premier genebanks. So check out their website. And read a bit about them in the news.

June 21, 2007

Controlling bacterial wilt

Another reason why intercropping is a good idea.

June 21, 2007

Chicken maps

Global chicken density maps, courtesy of ILRI, my hosts for this week.

1. Three Sisters rematriated to historical Cherokee Nation.
2. Native grains returning to Indigenous land in Australia too.
3. May need to bring back agricultural practices too, like in Peru.
4. Meanwhile, in India, farmers are trying to grow apples in new places. Go figure.
5. Anyway, seems like the IFOAM Seeds Platform might be able to help.
6. And genebanks too of course, like the Millennium Seed Bank.
7. As part of a comprehensive conservation systems, goes without saying, like in China.
8. Which also include climate-proof protected areas.
9. It worked for soybeans, after all.
10. Well, for now anyway…
Published on June 17, 2025