If you were intrigued by our recent nibble about Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb receiving Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Commission, you’ll no doubt be wondering what other examples of British fare share that honour. Well, Paul Mundy just posted a link to a list over at the ELDev Yahoo group. I have only one comment: 10 types of beer and cider seems too few…
Taiwanese agrobiodiversity juxtapositions
Seen in one small convenience store by the roadside in Shanhua: rice and peanut milk, soy and mung bean drink, and almond and fish snack. All mainstream products in fancy packaging. Maybe it’s just that these are unfamiliar combinations, but it seems to me that we’re not nearly as good in the West at mixing and matching our agricultural biodiversity. By the way, there was asparagus juice too. I tried them all, and they were all pretty good.
Nibbles: Patents, Wheat value, Maize, Perennial crops, Mango killer
- US, Brazil patent gene from Tanzanian sorghum. What could possibly go wrong?
- How much is wheat diversity worth? CIMMYT book tells you.
- More corn colour stuff from James.
- The promise of perenniality.
- Mango killer fungus on the rampage in the Gulf. Any resistant varieties? We’ll soon find out, I guess.
Nibbles: Chocolate, Cucurbit, Molecular genetics, CGIAR breeding
- “The mysterious extract soon worked its neurotransmitter magic. We gazed enraptured into each others now-blazing eyes, and fell madly in love.”
- Identifying Darwin’s gourd. Both via.
- When are genetic methods useful for estimating contemporary abundance and detecting population trends?
- CGIAR going to evaluate the impact of their varieties. Again.
Nibbles: Farmers’ Rights, Seed Breeder, Genebanks, Pigeon Pea, Cheese
- Farmer? Know your rights.
- If you like long unexpurgated interviews, you like this one with organic breeder John Navazio. h/t Bishop.
- Cropgenebankknowledgebase’s blog seeks feedback. Let ’em have it.
- What is Crop Genebank Knowledge Base? A presentation reveals all.
- ICRISAT set to release three new hybrid pigeon pea varieties.
- “Cheese has an almost limitless variety. Thank goodness.“