History

Historical photographs of Peru botanical expedition online

The Field Museum joined Flickr Commons in April 2009, inviting the public to help describe a selection of our historic photographs.

And that includes some incredible photos from botanist J. Francis MacBride’s expeditions to Peru in 1922 and 1923. Like this one, for example.

There’s some agrobiodiversity in there. If you can help out with describing any of the photos, leave a comment on its Flickr page.

Jeremy probes into wild asses at Vaviblog.
Mapping the evolution of pathogens. And in kinda related news…
The European oyster needs diversity. Well, natch.
The tree forests of Yunnan, and, concidentally, the story of how the secret of their product got out.
The Kaçkar Mountains at Yusufeli, northeast Turkey are in trouble. Any crop wild relatives there, among the bears and other charismatic megafauna?
Speaking of Turkey, here’s how to make one of its delicacies. But hey, if you don’t have vine leaves, you can use this.
Having fun with yams.
Drori does pollen.
FAO’s Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Project. Any agrobiodiversity-related stuff? Need to explore…
“…conserving species may only require specific activities, such as collect and distributing seeds.”
African school feeding programme uses “local” products. What would Paarlberg say? You can find out here, if you have 90 minutes to spare.
British boffins breed self-shearing sheep. No, really.

There are no origins in food.
Haitians get seeds. But of what kind(s)? Why not give some of them Carossier palm seeds to plant?
Afghans are incredible cannabis farmers.
Animals need traditional remedies too.