In situ

Nibbles: Seed movement edition

From Indigenous communities, to Carol and Robert Mouck, to the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul Motherhouse, to the Kingston Area Seed System Initiative and Ratinenhayén:thos: seed rematriation in Canada.
Simran Sethi gets to the bottom of the COVID seed sales surge.
And more on the same from Dan Saladino.
There’s been quite a surge in quinoa in the past few years. All presentations here.
And the potato has been getting around too of course. The podcast of the book.

Australia delves into black rice, thanks to IRRI genebank.
Romans had mandarins after all.
Switzerland protects walnut oil.
Hanging gardens, lagoon farms and traditional bamboo agroforestry are exactly what I need at the moment.
The IUCN Seed Conservation Specialist Group has a new website.

The future of Australian wine in maps.
A Svalbard for the human microbiome?
Plant breeders on the edge of the mainstream.
From FAO, a bibliography on seed systems and seed relief.
Book review: The Archaeology of Food: Identity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past.
Training seed producer groups can help their non-member neighbours too.
There will be marmalade for tea. But, spoiler alert, it might not be what you think.

Nordics upgrade genebank database.
Crowdsourcing Wollemi pine conservation.
Corals need a genebank too. And a database and crowdsourcing as well, no doubt.
Though I’m not sure they’ll be able to make the food security argument.
Or bring chefs on board.
What would a community genebank look like for coral, I wonder. And are they hiring?