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Author: Luigi Guarino

Posted on June 15, 2007

Rabbits breeding like … rabbits

Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits reintroduced into their native habitat in the state of Washington are finally breeding, raising hopes that this endangered species will recover. Ok, so as wild relatives of a domesticated species go, this one is a fairly remote one, but who knew that “the domestic Oryctolagus cuniculus is believed to have originated in French monasteries in the late first millennium?”

Posted on June 15, 2007

Japanese rice planting festival

“What flower blooms in the front field? Rice flowers, money flowers, flowers of perfect virtue.”

Posted on June 15, 2007

New course

Teaching researchers to talk to farmers in East Africa.

Posted on June 15, 2007

Australian fruits

Aussies scour their flora for cool fruits.

Posted on June 14, 2007

Noah’s Fridge

Noah’s Fridge: no, not Svalbard!

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. New webinar series from the American Society of Plant Biologists will explore how underutilized (or is it opportunity) crops like amaranth can contribute to nutrition, food security and rural livelihoods.
    2. FARA highlights the tiny West African grain fonio as another crop with potential to improve nutrition, strengthen food systems and create new opportunities for farmers and value chains.
    3. Taiwanese tea has travelled an unlikely route into northern Thailand. It too was an opportunity crop at one time.
    4. Ethiopian farmers may have been practising regenerative agriculture for millennia, mixing wheat, barley and other grains in the same field. The Rockefeller Foundation is on it.
    5. Efforts to restore the Al Qarara Seed Bank in Gaza are offering a small but significant form of agricultural recovery.
    6. In Nepal, indigenous seeds are losing ground to hybrids, but seed advocates are fighting back.

    Published on August 22, 2026

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