Cooking

Nibbles: Peanut butter, Haiti relief, Afghan weed, VetMed

There are no origins in food.
Haitians get seeds. But of what kind(s)? Why not give some of them Carossier palm seeds to plant?
Afghans are incredible cannabis farmers.
Animals need traditional remedies too.

Got a Neotropical flowering plant to identify? Kew has what you need.
New Labour goes out with a whimper, and a swipe at cider-makers.
Drought Timing for Agronomic Screening wins a prize.
“We’ve heard about the Gene Bank project which serves to preserve certain cultivars and seed specimens, but we don’t know much else about this project.” Par for the course.
Meanwhile, another genebank does get decent publicity.
Women and homegardens in Bangladesh.
Bag farms in Nairobi slum.
Review of Dirt! The Movie.
Boffins this close to drought-tolerant cowpeas.
“…actual grain yield in some regions is already approximating its maximum possible yields while other regions show large yield gaps and therefore tentative larger potential for intensification.”
The wife is going to the 1st International Symposium on Tropical Horticulture. Jamaica? No, she really wanted to go.

Better sheep through information. From Australia, natch. Thanks, Dirk.
New Farming Matters out. When did this ILEIA magazine change its name? Remains essential reading anyway.
Some participants voice their expectations of the African Rice Congress.
A traditional Malawi meal.
Whole grain recipes.

Why We Love the Internet, volume 36. There’s a Flickr group on “Food products in the EU Protected Designation of Origin scheme.” Something we blogged about recently, as it happens. The map is really cool. Well, actually, the whole thing is cool.

Saving Dhofar’s frankincense tree. Evocative things they are too.
The rich may have trouble getting into heaven, but they manage more agrobiodiversity. At least of rice. At least in Nepal.
Gotta be careful with niche modeling in mountain areas. Well, duh.
New Pacific food leaflets from SPC.
Ok, how weird is it that I have a personal connection of sorts to all of the above? Probably not much.
Ex situ not enough for wild rice. Say it ain’t so!
The evolution of coffee.
“If the rains do not fall we may face problems with certain crops.” Right.
Network on natural fibres proposed by Industree Craft Foundation and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Sounds like fun.
Screening lactic acid strains for sorghum beer making. Well, kinda. Somebody please fund this vital research!