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Posted on October 2, 2008October 2, 2008

Nibbles: Polyploids, Testicular cooking, Genes, Mongoose, Pears

  • Parade of Polyploids! I know, but that’s what it says on the site.
  • Balls.
  • Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant: The Joy of Genes … Illustrated. Teachers, use it!
  • How mongooses got to Spain.
  • Pears that look like apples.
Posted on September 29, 2008September 29, 2008

Nibbles: Tamarind, Fire, Aquaculture

  • A single tree that is also a genebank? Holy tamarind.
  • Looking to kangaroo bones for evidence of Aboriginal terraforming.
  • African fish farming links. Via.
Posted on September 23, 2008September 23, 2008

Nibbles: New Agriculturist, Sheep, Jatropha, Carrots

  • All about potatoes.
  • Mutant sheep to attack Australia.
  • An Indian Jatropha genebank in the news. And a study to tell us where to collect more using some really cool software.
  • The ‘Purple Dragon’ carrots are coming up in a variety of colours but mostly not purple.
Posted on September 22, 2008September 23, 2008

Nibbles: Goats, Fowl, Goats & fowl, Bees

  • Kenyans turn to dairy goats.
  • Ugandans advised to turn to local chickens.
  • Kenyans told: “Change your old farming methods or face starvation.” Jeremy says: “I’m confused.”
  • Irish bees — rescue plan. Thanks Danny.
Posted on September 19, 2008September 19, 2008

Nibbles: Potato genome, Horse genetics

  • Sequencing the potato genome “to meet the world’s food needs in the future”. Via.
  • Genetics of horse colour.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Three Sisters rematriated to historical Cherokee Nation.
    2. Native grains returning to Indigenous land in Australia too.
    3. May need to bring back agricultural practices too, like in Peru.
    4. Meanwhile, in India, farmers are trying to grow apples in new places. Go figure.
    5. Anyway, seems like the IFOAM Seeds Platform might be able to help.
    6. And genebanks too of course, like the Millennium Seed Bank.
    7. As part of a comprehensive conservation systems, goes without saying, like in China.
    8. Which also include climate-proof protected areas.
    9. It worked for soybeans, after all.
    10. Well, for now anyway…

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