Category: History

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Given to us this day

It will be a challenge and far more than a technical task to translate the book from Neo-Norwegian into English language, but we can hope that this will be done soon so many more readers can be inspired by the cultural dimensions of cereals and their diversity.

Axel Diederichsen’s wish at the end of his review last summer of Prof. Åsmund Bjørnstad’s magisterial Vårt Daglege Brød — Kornets Kulturhistorie has come true. Our Daily Bread — A History of the Cereals is out in English. And many more readers will indeed now be inspired.

LATER: And it’s on Amazon!

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Nibbles: Survival seeds, Turkish agrobiodiversity, Mainstreaming nutrition, Hot times for conservation, Ethiopian sesame, Conserved DNA

  • Survival seed bank in the news again. Must be Christmas.
  • Turkish nibbles: wine, pictachios. That wine one will no doubt run and run.
  • How to make sure nutrition gets a seat at the agricultural development table. And Danny breaks it down for ya.
  • What leads to spurts in conservation effort? In situ only, but instructive.
  • Sesame is big business in Ethiopia.
  • Boffins find yet another bit of DNA that will save the world.
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Nibbles: School genetics, Sigrid Heuer, Fungal sex, Rubber, Wine, James Scott, Sustainable diets meet, Food exhibit, EU and climate change

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FSA takes over ICARDA buildings

Free Syrian Army fighters have, in their words on the video below, “liberated” ICARDA. Our thoughts are with the international staff, still working from different locations around the region (most of the genebank personnel are in Tunisia), and especially the local staff, trying to survive in and around Aleppo.