Fruits and nuts

Nibbles: Aurochs, Medicinal plant, New species, Orchards, Imprecations

Nazi cattle invade Britain. Are they the ones that have been sequenced? I think we should be told.
ICIPE helps Kenyan farmers domesticate hangover cure plant.
New, useless acacia found. No word on who lost it in first place.
Yet another plea to save the effing British orchard.
Hunter-Gatherer-Sculptor. “I got your imprecations right here,” says Jeremy.
Razib rounds up horses.

Is Kampot pepper the best in the world?
How the Japanese deal with persimmons.
Making the Atacama bloom. Sort of.
Bio-banking is all well and good, but will it be applicable to agrobiodiversity as well as orchids and pandas?

Wouldn’t you know it. That Kampot pepper link has rotted away. But you can still find the original thanks to The Wayback Machine.

University of Hawaii’s work on taro summarized.
Watch out for FAO’s new NWFP-Digest. Non-timber, non-wood; what’s the difference?
The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence. Free download.
Maize and malaria in Ethiopia.
Gary Nabhan interviewed. Again.
NPR on the limits of the Green Revolution.
Cocks still fighting in India.
The early Egyptians “…were very aware of the benefits that natural additives can haveâ€”especially if dissolved into an alcoholic medium, like wine or beer.”
Brosimum alicastrum to the rescue.
Uganda’s biofuel hopes dashed by virus? Say it aint so.

“Coffee and cocoa yes, coca no.”
1st All Africa Horticulture Congress.
Carotenoid and vitamin content of Micronesian atoll foods: Pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) and garlic pear (Crataeva speciosa) fruit.
A Family Year: a 5-part television series focusing on the health and environmental threats facing families in Russia and Central Europe.
Natbar Sarangi: one man Indian rice genebank.
Climate change “might hinder coconut production“.