Irish botanists are using fungi that grow on cattle and sheep dung to study the history of farming in the Burren. Interesting enough in its own right, but it also reminded me that coprophagus organisms have been used in another part of the world, to the same end.
Nibbles: Wild strawberries, Year of Biodiversity, Dog breeding, Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree
- NY Times does Svalbard.
- Gus Molina does agrobiodiversity.
- Dogs “continue to wither genetically.” Ouch.
- Rescuing an historical apple tree.
Nibbles: Seed prices, Noni, Beef, Haskap, Grapes
- NYT reports on the US Justice Dept’s probe of seed prices. CAS-IP submitted evidence.
- University of Guam funded to study noni (Morinda citrifolia)
- Mostly-foliage-fed vs mostly-seed-fed: the debate continues.
- Edible Blue Honeysuckle berry news. Who knew? (Link removed as spam.)
- The Scientist Gardener tackles grapes. Cheers.
Nibbles: Breeds, Briefing, Risotto
- Breeds of Livestock. All of ’em?
- Happening now! Brussels Briefing on Biodiversity. Wot, no stream?
- The first rice farm in Italy? C’mon.
Nibbles: Olives, Livestock, Data, Data sharing, Cheese paring, Book, tanzania
- Old California olives shared. More details later, I hope.
- Livestock in the balance, an FAO report. Did we already gnaw on this?
- Assessing urban biodiversity. Any veg with that?
- How to share biodiversity data. Any informatics with that?
- Fromgirls??? Cheesecake urges surrender-monkeys to eat more cheese.
- Biocultural Diversity Conservation, a new book from earthscan. We’ll let you know about ag when we’ve seen it.
- Challenges for Tanzanian seed sector. (No, not that blasted sorghum.)