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Posted on January 29, 2019February 5, 2019

Nibbles: A2S2019, ICRISAT seeds, High protein rice, American grapes, Religion & diet, Australian NUS

  • Access to Seeds comes out with 2019 edition. Not much change, alas. LATER: Ok, I stand corrected. And spanked.
  • Maybe this ICRISAT online seed tool will help with that access.
  • How many people will have access to this high protein rice?
  • Indigenous American grape species: more than just rootstocks.
  • The religion of diets.
  • Bush tucker is a religion for some.
Posted on January 29, 2019January 29, 2019

Nibbles: Heirlooms double, Seed huntress, Sequencing, ABS

  • Oldie but goldie on heirlooms.
  • And an update.
  • Someone who’s doing something about collecting heirlooms and suchlike.
  • What you can do once you have the stuff.
  • And the rules we all have to follow.
Posted on January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

Nibbles: Cherokee genebank, Community genebanks, Fruit genebank, CGIAR genebanks, CWR pre-breeding, Ethiopian sacred groves, UK animal ark

  • Cherokee Nation seedbank goes online.
  • Does that mean it is a biodiversity eden?
  • New Grewia genebank in India. No word on community involvement.
  • Meanwhile, at the CGIAR genebanks…
  • Pre-breeding using CWR, some even from genebanks: finger millet, eggplant.
  • Yeah, yeah, it’s not just about genebanks.
  • Or maybe it is.
Posted on January 21, 2019

Nibbles: Trade wars, Native American seeds & diets, Diversifying staples, Cheese animation, Eggplant breeding

  • Susan Bragdon and others on what Trump’s agricultural trade war with China really means.
  • Meanwhile, in Tucson…
  • What we need is Smart Foods.
  • The cheese history video we’ve all been waiting for.
  • Wild eggplants at WorldVeg.
Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019

Nibbles: New crops, Coffee threats, Ancient Sagittaria, Forage breeding, Chinese bananas

  • The future of food is different plants. Can live with that.
  • Like wapato?
  • As long as coffee is still in the mix.
  • That mean we won’t need forages? Surely not.
  • Maybe we can also grow the same plants, but better.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A little more safety for Ukraine’s seeds, thanks to a new genebank.
    2. A little more safety for Mexico’s native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum.
    3. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ecuadorian Indigenous women and Inside Mater in Peru.
    4. A little more safety for Ischia’s zampognaro bean and Amalfi’s lemons, thanks to local people (and GIAHS).
    5. A little more safety for Pacific crops, thanks to cryopreservation. Breadfruit next?
    6. A little more safety for moringa? At least in Africa with all its “opportunity crops”?

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