- Farming from space.
- (Part of) the history of nutmeg.
- “Eat Like a Pilgrim.”
- Biggest fungal collection in the world created.
- Loss of indigenous grape varieties not holding Moroccan winemakers back.
Small tent conservation
Conservation is about saving wildlife and wild places in specific locales.
Steven Sanderson is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wildlife Conservation Society, so he has to say that. But of course we all know that conservation is also saving crop varieties in genebanks, don’t we. Don’t we? Hello?
Featured: Silk Road
Onkel Bob seems to know a lot about the Silk Road, do read the whole thing:
The exchange of food was very much a one way exchange, and surprisingly few staples went over this route.
Nibbles: Bison, GMOs, Maize map, Snails, Fruit bat market, News
- Buffalo on California’s Santa Catalina island being sterilized. In other news, there are buffaloes on Santa Catalina island.
- GMO hotspots deconstructed. Zzzzz.
- Maize genome mapped. Zzzzz.
- Nigerian nutritionist pushes slimy micro-livestock. France surrenders.
- How to shop for fruit bats.
- New newsletter from Nepalese NGO. Li-Bird, where is it on your site?
Mobiles against hunger
Over at his other place, Jeremy expounds on an unusual idea for “solving” hunger. What do you think? Does he have too much time on his hands?