- Missouri has been important to wine. Very important.
- And China to beer.
- 7 things that are important for future food systems. Spoiler alert: diversity underpins all 7.
- Why biodiversity is important to diets. And vice versa.
- Why biodiversity is important to agriculture. And vice versa.
- No worries, now anyone can have a genebank.
Nibbles: New Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute, Olive genebanks, Saving old grapevines
- New institute to restore ecosystems, including agricultural ones, gets money.
- Some olive-based ecosystems certainly need restoration, good thing there are genebanks.
- Sometimes, restoring ecosystems means digging up old grapevines and moving them down the road.
The baobab infographic we’ve been waiting for
The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables is as good an excuse as any for another baobab factsheet, and infographic.
Not that an excuse has ever been needed. Anyway, this particular latest example of the genre is courtesy of From Tree to Fork, and the first of many, it seems. No mention of using the fruit to make booze, though.
Better seed systems through SeedSystems
I don’t think I’ve been sufficiently explicit in my occasional shout-outs for SeedSystem.org, a collaboration involving CIAT, PABRA, CRS and USAID.
SeedSystem.org provides practical (‘how-to’) guidance and strategic thinking to help professionals design seed-related assistance.
We aim to foster productive, resilient, and market-oriented seed systems, even in times of emergency and chronic stress.
Well worthwhile subscribing to their newsletter. The latest edition brings together a bunch of useful recent papers. Not terribly active on social media, though, what’s up with that?