Rachel Laudan does a nice job in her latest post of balancing the rather silly Wall Street Journal article of a couple of days ago which suggested that breadfruit, an important staple in the Pacific for hundreds of years, is “inedible.” Read the comments to that article too. Full disclosure: I like the stuff.
More on those parmesan-making Indians
Remember that story I linked to a while back about how Sikh immigrants to northern Italy are keeping alive the art of making parmigiano? Remember how it was in German? Ok, well, now you can read two versions of it in English. But it’s still pretty cool.
Nibbles: Bourdeix, Early ag, Amaranthus in beer
- Dr Roland Bourdeix is the new COGENT Coordinator.
- Early American hunter-gatherers ate maize.
- Dogfish Head crowdsources a new beer. And it’s got NUS. Rejoice.
Heirlooms for entrepreneurs
Pollin8r (geddit?)! An “open access photo bank of heirloom produce” and “an inventive new web-based project … that promises to connect heirloom-produce loving eaters to farmers willing to grow heritage produce — all with just the click of a mouse”. Bring it on? Bring it up?
Please, sir, what is an heirloom?
Nibbles: Rice straw, Rain makers, Sorghum beer, Gary Nabhan
- Egyptian tech turns rice straw into paper, insecticide. Don’t suppose anyone thought of turning it into the soil?
- Changing Kenyan climate threatens traditional rainmakers. Pouring cold water on my desire to make a witty comment.
- Diana learns how to hold her pombe straw, and much else besides.
- Gary Nabhan profile. He “gives life to nearly extinct grains, veggies.”