- BBC slideshow on the wild apples of Khazakhstan.
- Malawi breeder decries genetic erosion.
- Bananas good for food security in central Africa. Well, yes.
- The ruminant family tree deconstructed.
- Public to help researchers locate wild honeybee colonies in Hawaii.
- “No Pesticides No Foreign Drinks.”
Nibbles: Apples, Rangeland degradation
- Woman discovers marketable new apple. Good news.
- Mongolian blogger thinks rangeland sustainability “projects should do more work in people’s mind than on the rangeland.”
Get ready for National Apple Day
Wednesday 21st October is National Apple Day in Britain. We are reminded of the auspicious occasion by The Ecologist and the Eden Project. What will Kew do?
Nibbles: Sheep, Syrup, Antioxidants, Urban flora, Politics, Erosion, Prince, India and climate change
- British hill sheep in trouble.
- Canadian maple syrup in trouble.
- Fruits good for you.
- Native urban plants in trouble. How many crop wild relatives among them?
- “If the world learned to feed itself half a century ago, why are there now more hungry people than ever before?” Er … I dunno. Either-orism?
- “Almost all of the 300 experts at a two-day food forum in Rome this week agreed that between them they had all the answers to how to feed the world in 2050, but doubted they would have the political support to do it.” Alert the media!
- “Erosion of Crop Diversity Worrying“. Malawian plant breeder speaks.
- British wildflowers in trouble, prince says? How many crop wild relatives among them? Does prince know? Care?
- Indian crops in trouble.
Nibbles: Fruit tattoos, Nutrition, Traditional food, Chinese houses
- What I’ve always wanted: laser machine to “tattoo” fruit for identification.
- Latest version of USDA’s Premier Nutrient Database. Nothing below the species level that I could see.
- Traditional food fair at National Museum of Kenya. Sounds like fun.
- Photos of Chinese rural dwellings. And some of the surrounding agrobiodiversity. Very fine.