Livestock

Nibbles: EoL, Mixed farming, Conservation medicine, Indicators, Vitamin A, Hamburger, Rewilding, Tejate

Did you know the Encyclopedia of Life does crop wild relatives?
Smallholders with mixed crop and livestock systems are the key to it all. My mother-in-law says: I agree.
Deforestation is bad for the health.
2010 Biodiversity Indicator Partnership launches National Biodiversity Indicators Portal.
Aussies trial a new, secret orange spud. Yeah I can really see that being a huge success.
The McItaly kerfuffle rumbles on. Much like your stomach after you’ve eaten one.
The “rewilding” kerfuffle rumbles on. Much like those herds of wildebeest roaming majestically across the Great Plains.
Rewilding an ancient pre-Hispanic drink. Ooops, I guess that should be reviving.

What’s it like being the only vet in a country? The BBC tells us.
The CBD on how to be a good pastoralist.
James does a mini-roundup of the India GM brinjal to-do.
Mapping the fast food culture.
Mexico wants Unesco to recognize culinary traditions. As if tamales were in danger of extinction. Didn’t France ask for the same last year?
Heirloom chickens don’t taste like chicken.
Deconstructing the cultural significance of the colour of corn.
“GM crops: still not a panacea for poor farmers.” In other news, still no cure for cancer.

Jeremy says: Put an artichoke in your tank!
American boffins say: I know what, instead of making beer with it, let’s feed barley to fish.
Ugandan fishermen say: Want a “boutique” fish?
USDA says: “The nation’s organic farms and ranches have higher average sales and higher average production expenses than U.S. farms overall…”
South African animal genetic resources experts say: Save our pigs!
The Economist says (we paraphrase) war is good for biodiversity conservation … but where are the wild relatives?
Right here, in the boreal north, and we need to conserve it, and the knowledge to use it, say Canadian conservationists.
Rainfall, not temperature, was the trigger for C4 grasses say other American boffins.
“It’s a sloppy use of language to equate vegetables and food,” says Rachel. We agree.

Psst, wanna save some seeds? Maybe do a little breeding on the side. USDA has some sites for you. NSFW.
Patrick grafts citrus — after, er, sidestepping genebank authorization hell.
Got an article on Best Practices in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Development? JAFSCD wants it.
Scanwiches. Really. Diversity in bread. h/t Cleek. (Hey, it’s a slowish day.)
Backyard chickens: an art, a science, a social movement. An exhibition. At cornell.

RBG Kew launches new website. Busy, busy, busy.
Turkeys domesticated twice, neither time in Turkey. Gobble, gobble.
Warmer-than-expected weather hits Thai sugar production. Sweet.
Climate shocks hit poor countries’ exports. Shocked. h/t Cecilia.
Biodiversity law could stymie research,” and that’s all I know, because the rest is behind a paywall. Access and benefit share THIS!