- Red bananas: one man’s story.
- Avocado mayonnaise: one woman’s story.
- Terra Madre, Day 1: one man’s story. Almost like being there.
- Indoor hot pepper: someone’s grandad’s story.
- Sweet potatoes: several people’s stories.
Nibbles: Milk, Capsicum, Beef, Fruits
- Adventures in Food No. 1: Camel milk chocolate.
- Adventures in Food No. 2: Hawaiian Chili Water.
- Adventures in Food No. 3: Beef.
- Adventures in Food No. 4: Fruits from abandoned orchards.
Nibbles: Slow Food, Fonio, Origin of agriculture cubed, Domestication, Beer, Medicinal plants,
- Survival of the Tastiest. Via.
- Fonio Power.
- Tuberculosis linked to agriculture.
- Women’s caries linked to agriculture.
LowerHigher probability of reaching reproductive maturity linked to agriculture.- Dienekes discusses dog and cattle domestication papers.
- The African roots of medicine.
- Beer can be good for you. Who thought otherwise?
Nibbles: Worms, Cowpeas, Vavilov, Asian carp, Genebanks, Cassava
- DNA splits earthworms. Not many people hurt.
- Cookin’ up a mess of field peas. Not many people hurt.
- Talking about N.I. Vavilov at the NAL. I know, I know. He embodies a discredited and outmoded paradigm. But still.
- “I got hit in the back once,†said Mr. O’Hara. “It left an imprint of a fish.â€
- How Stuff Works: new one on genebanks; old one on seed banks.
- Cuba promotes hurricane-resistant cassava variety.
Website on agaves in Tequila
We’ve been contacted by Dr Ana Valenzuela, an expert on agaves and tequila who has a website dedicated to the diffusion of information on sustainable agave agriculture, and to the conservation of diversity in this crop. We’re happy to add “Agaves Tequileros” to our blogroll. If you read Spanish, check out Ana’s blog.