The world is waking up to the fact that competition for an eroding natural resources base is at least a contributing factors to the tensions of Darfur, whose tragic results then further exacerbate the problem in vicious positive feedback. But Jonathan Robinson said so some years back (via ADE). What took so long?
Identifying wheat proteins
There’s a new, better method for characterizing the proteins in wheat.
When’s lunch?
The Food Timeline.
Making money from urban agriculture
An entrepreneurial approach to farming in the city.
Earthworm genetic diversity
Earthworms are agricultural biodiversity too!