Fruits and nuts

October 18, 2007October 18, 2007

Fruit species blog

Fruitspecies blogs fruit species, mostly tropical.

October 17, 2007

Adopt-a-variety

Adopt a banana variety at the Philippines genebank.

October 17, 2007October 17, 2007

A film about Michael Hamburger, poet and apple grower

Worth seeing; a poet and his pomes, on film.

October 17, 2007October 21, 2007

Fruit for free

Glenn says fruit should be cheaper. How about free?

When I’m out walking the dog I do grab the occasional loquat, or nespolo as they’re known round here, when they are in season, but I’ve never thought of getting organized.

October 16, 2007

Berry wonderful

Sea buckthorn: from the Mongolian steppe to Canada. Genghis Khan unavailable for comment.

1. What’s wrong with supermarkets.
2. Cate Blanchett on the Millennium Seed Bank. Attitude to supermarkets unknown.
3. Access & Benefit Sharing 101. Cate Blanchett unavailable for comment.
4. Experts weigh in on how we should change how we eat. Nobody but Cate Blanchett will listen, but supermarkets and seeds feature, for what it’s worth.
5. How they ate in the Middle Ages without supermarkets. Or at least harvested.
6. After we’re done with medieval haymaking, let’s bring back the aurochs too. And put it in a supermarket?
7. Yeah but what is a breed anyway? Or an aurochs, for that matter.
Published on September 9, 2025