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Author: Luigi Guarino

Posted on June 28, 2009

Chicks on film

Through interviews and reenactments, The Natural History of the Chicken investigates the role of the chicken in American life and tells several remarkable stories.

Via.

Posted on June 28, 2009June 28, 2009

Nibbles: Bats and bananas, Extension, Russian animal harvests, Rice improvement, Sacred groves

  • “Wild bananas share with bats a long history that started some 50 million years ago.”
  • Jeremy waxes lyrical about extension.
  • Ah, those age-old Russian pastimes, hunting walrus and farming deer horn.
  • Kellogg’s reaches out to PhilRice genebank.
  • Indian sacred groves need help.
Posted on June 26, 2009June 25, 2009

What I’m doing on my holidays

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Must remember to ask if they have any of this.

Posted on June 25, 2009

BBC’s Nature Inc. tackles “one sexy tuber”

…some agribusinesses and farmers are seeing sustainable profits and productivity in encouraging crop diversity.

This I gotta see. But, alas, probably wont. Please watch and let us know how exactly agribusiness is encouraging potato diversity.

Posted on June 25, 2009June 25, 2009

You know you have a Kikuyu in the house…

…when you find the pumpkin (kahurura) plants defoliated to colour the mashed potatoes.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Cantabria is putting the Pasiega cow in the bank. Just in case.
    2. Spain’s “goat-cows” are fighting wildfires the old-fashioned way: by eating the fuel. I hope they’re in the bank too.
    3. India has made a Badri calf in a lab. Conservation meets IVF.
    4. Old apples are having a revival. Turns out forgotten apple varieties can taste pretty good. Well I never, is it that time of year already?
    5. Zimbabwe’s Mbire district celebrates seed, food and culture with a festival. What, no cows? Or apples?
    6. South Korea is looking for partners to save climate-resilient plants. A seed vault is better with friends.
    7. The marmottier can’t decide whether it’s a plum or an apricot. Botanists sympathise.
    8. In the atomic age, gardeners irradiated seeds and waited for something interesting to grow. Sometimes it did.

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