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Category: History

Posted on September 22, 2009September 22, 2009

Nibbles: Seed Hunter, Seed catalogs, Trees

  • Seed Hunter “undaunted.” So that’s all right then.
  • Smithsonian puts old seed catalogs online. Very cool.
  • By all means plant trees, especially on farms, but a plantation is not a rainforest.
Posted on September 19, 2009September 20, 2009

Nibbles: Tree planting, Farm photos, Dandelion rubber, Ash trees, Qatar garden, Cairo cull

  • India tree planter tells BBC his story. But what species?
  • Photoessay on Irish farm, begorrah!
  • The next rubber boom?
  • A “modern-day Johnny Appleseed for ash trees.”
  • Qur’anic Botanical Garden established in Qatar.
  • Egyptians regret pig cull.
Posted on September 16, 2009

Nibbles: Museums

  • Natural history collections important in monitoring biodiversity and engaging public interest. Well I never.
Posted on September 15, 2009September 15, 2009

Nibbles: Indian potatoes, IUCN report, Climate change and disease

  • The history of the potato at Shimla.
  • Lots of Mediterranean mammals in trouble, including wild relatives of domesticated species.
  • SciDev rounds up the science on climate change and diseases. Human diseases, that is, but much also applies to those of crops and livestock.
Posted on September 13, 2009

Norman Borlaug R.I.P.

Agriculture pioneer Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, dies at 95.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Dr Fiona Hay, seed scientist, on why we need genebanks, including seed banks.
    2. Prof. Richard Ellis retires. A genebank legend, as Fiona would probably agree.
    3. FAO exhibition goes From Seeds to Foods. By way of genebanks, no doubt.
    4. And peasants, of course. No, it’s not a derogatory word, settle down.
    5. Can Green Revolution breeding approaches (and genebanks) help peasants deal with climate change?
    6. Even genebanks need a back-up plan though.
    7. New Mexico genebank helps out Danish chef.
    8. The history of the Concord grape and its foxiness. Chefs intrigued.
    9. The history of Aport and Amasya apples. No foxiness involved, as far as I know. Genebanks? Probably.
    10. The origin of caffeine. Now do foxiness.
    11. Where did collards come from anyway? No, not genebanks. Bloody historians, always re-writing history.

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