Rejoice, Dorian Fuller is blogging again!
Nibbles: Haitian mangoes, Dog bones, Vitis in Georgia, Lavandula in Tunisia, Pistacia in Chios, Rice wine in Korea, Nutella, Mozzarella, Gloucester Old Spot, Cowpea
- Buy Haiti’s Francis mangoes!
- The Muge dog was, in fact, a dog.
- Looking at the grapevine in its center of origin.
- Need to fence lavender populations in Tunisia to protect them.
- More Mediterranean stuff. History of the mastic trade in an Aegean island.
- Making “drunken rice” in Korea. Sign me up.
- Nutella to come with warning label? Jeremy says: We don’t need no nanny state!
- Bluish mozzarella balls confiscated. Jeremy says: Ok, maybe we do after all.
- EU makes itself useful and protects bacon pig of choice, with built-in apple sauce to boot.
- “…finding how the physical and chemical composition of different cowpea varieties influence human health, reduce obesity and prevent diseases like cancer, hypertension and heart related ailments.”
The history of farming in a few objects
We blogged before about the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects. But that was some months ago and there’s a whole bunch more programmes on agriculture-related objects in the can now. Well worth a listen.
Nibbles: Niu kafa, Rice origins, Monsanto seed donation, Soils, Red junglefowl
- More on Roland’s quest for the biggest coconut in the world.
- Rice cultivation in Lower Yangtze dates back to 6th millennium, and took a millennium to establish itself.
- Yet more on Haiti’s “hybrid hate.”
- Soil scientist says soils are important.
- “ARKive is creating the ultimate multimedia guide to the world’s endangered species”: including a wild relative or two.
The diversity of cattle on display
If you like pictures of the diversity of cattle, the last few days must have seemed like Christmas and you birthday rolled into one. It all started with a gem from Jim Richardson in the Highlands of Scotland. Then there was the fascinating article on “holistic management” of rangelands in Zimbabwe. And finally today news of the re-opening of the Altamira Caves, and of an exhibition of rather more recent paintings in Rome.
LATER: Ooooh, and ancient cattle products too.