Nibbles: Royal genebank, Fish collection, Plant health, USDA wheat breeding project, Afghanistan, Breadfruit Art, Pests and Diseases, Idaho, Plant breeding, Gates, Panax quinquefolius, Natives

Brainfood: Millet biscuits, Wheat micronutrients, Diversification and C footprint, Agroforestry, Epazote, Grape history, Belgian farmers, Millet phenology, Species migration, Barley domestication, Sheep genetics

Brainfood: Processing, Berries, Bush tomato, Rwanda, Bean erosion, Agroforestry seed, Trees, Rice nutrition

Isolated agrobiodiversity

Tristan da Cunha by Maurits Heech
Tristan da Cunha, a photo by Maurits Heech on Flickr.

Tristan da Cuha is the most remote inhabited island in the world. When I saw this photo from the island (used by permission from Maurits Heech, who has a lot more on his Flickr site) in a post earlier today I had to wonder whether there might possibly still be some interesting old(ish) agrobiodiversity lurking in the fields and gardens of the place. Would make a nice little project.

Nibbles: Yemen, Seed moisture, Irish fruits, Indian genetic erosion, Goji, Sustainable Ag, Green Revolution,