Nice pictures of livestock guardian dog breeds. And a plea for lumping.
Saving local breeds, then eating them
Matthew Fort, who writes on food and drink for the Guardian newspaper in the UK, waxes lyrical about the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and its mission:
Speaking personally, on the whole I worry rather more about the survival of Boreray sheep and Marsh Daisy poultry than I do about the snow leopard or the hairy-nosed wombat, if only on the grounds that I would like the chance to eat them.
Neolithic origins
The birth of Egyptian farming.
Iriomote cat threatened
Not that close a relative of the domesticated cat, but still interesting, and in trouble.
Reviving a lost agricultural tradition
Armenian silk production tries for a comeback.