Dancing for agrobiodiversity

I’m reliably informed by my friend and colleague Ehsan Dulloo, who should know, that this Mauritian sega by Gilbert Narainsamy called “Plante Plante” is promoting homegarden planting and sharing agrobiodiversity with neighbours. Sounds good to me!

Cherries come and go

The FreshPlaza newsletter is a veritable treasure trove of information on fruit & veg around the world. Yesterday’s issue was particularly rich in agrobiodiversity articles. Among other things, it pointed to pieces about how the British are losing their cherry varieties, and about how a Washington State farmer found a new one. There was also an appreciation from Pakistan of the local fruit known as “jamun“, which is probably Syzygium cumini.