Category: Featured

Eve comes up trumps on those “bonnet gourds”:

There is one from Jamaica in the Economic Botany collection at the Field Museum in Chicago. One can search their database, but I’ll provide a couple of links.

Definitely worth a look.

Patrick has “a lot of respect for Mr de Schutter,” but begs to differ on his take on sugar and salt, which we Nibbled:

Not only is there very little reason to classify sugar and salt as ‘bad’, but they are essential ingredients in traditionally processed foods.

Read the whole comment.

Cédric shares the latest intelligence on conservation of agricultural biodiversity:

Talking about Svalbard, I received this piece by a Food First board member in my inbox recently. I’ve read a lot of similar posts but this one tops them all. To sum it up: ex situ conservation = pure evil; in situ conservation = blissful harmony.

Uh-huh.

Chris Smaje needs your help:

I’m no expert in this area, but the sort of data I typically see used to suggest the green revolution’s success is pretty unconvincing. I wrote a little piece with some general thoughts on this on the Stats Views website. I’d be interested if anyone can point me to evidence that avoids some of the traps I discuss therein.

Any thoughts?

Jenny likes nothing better than a CGIAR comms smackdown, but doesn’t think that’s what going on here:

Not that I don’t love a good CIMMYT-IRRI comms competition – ha! – but I think it’s only fair to point out that John Vidal crapped all over CIMMYT’s mission and Borlaug in another recent article.

There’s much more, have a look.