- Wilson Wong raves about banana name book. We say: “Banana? Plantain? What’s the difference?”
- ¿Hablas español? ¿Quieres aprender sobre el Tratado Internacional? Sigue este link.
- Nice take on food shortages; realistic water pricing will cut waste.
- (North) American farmer loves quinoa.
- Africa’s “banana mama” tells Linda Nordling how winning the YARA prize has been the fulfilment of a lifelong goal.
- IRRI receives $500,000 handout; wonder what the true cost to the donor was.
- “Let’s extensively raise goats in all families.”
Nibbles: Veal, Anatomy, Taro, Schwenkler, Genebanks
- “You have to find a wacky person when you are trying to rescue something in danger of extinction“.
- Fruit porn video from BBC.
- Hawaii sets up task force to save taro. Yeah that’ll work.
- John Schwenkler potpourri.
- Malaysian PM set right on seedbanks. Thanks, Choo.
Nibbles: Amazon, Aquaculture, Bees, ICTs, Food prices, Dates, Cats, Taro
- Not so pristine after all.
- Farming the sturgeon.
- Colony Collapse Disorder 101. And how floral scents affect pollinator behaviour.
- Presentation on how mobile phones are changing rural livelihoods.
- Urban food gardens to combat high food prices in South Africa. And a different approach in Madagascar.
- Getting dates in Saudi Arabia is becoming difficult.
- “Winged” cats.
- The importance of taro in Hawaii. Thanks, Tevita.
Nibbles: Poppies, Gardening, Milk, Grapes, Genebanks, Meat, Biotech, IK, Plant health
- Dropping the poppy.
- Gardening on windowsills and along roadsides.
- Cooling camel milk. Via.
- Fingerprinting grapes.
- “The seed banks that are run by agribusiness corporations would be a costly pursuit for the government and farmers.” Where to start responding to this? Thanks, Jeff.
- Further evidence of food price crisis.
- “What does biodiversity mean to Syngenta?“
- Traditional healer goes online. Via.
- Videos from Global Plant Clinic.
Nibbles: Small kine, Cedar, Coffee, Cows (again), Niger, Citrus disease
- Mini-cows: Cheaper by the pound, but more expensive by the head.
- Lebanese icon imperilled.
- Birds protect coffee from coffee berry borer.
- Cows (m)aligned. Via.
- Jessica discovers millet and a grain bank (food, not seed).
- A new disease threatens citrus in Florida. Yay!