Gotta love cherry blossom time.
Nibbles: Seeds, Organics, Absinthe, Potato, Cattle genome, Tree diseases, Rice, ABS, Avian flu
- Software will ease seed availability. No, really.
- Enforcement of organic regulations sometimes flawed. No really.
- Absinthism a myth. No, really.
- Potato film hits big time. No, really.
- “Influential” bulls sequenced. No, really.
- Tree diseases distribution will change under climate change. No, really?
- Boffins in drive to double rice production in Africa. No, really.
- Boffins and lawyers meet to sort out biodiversity access and benefit sharing thing. No, really. And, incidentally, what could possibly go wrong?
- H5N1 committee wonders whether they have sampled enough. No, really.
From one fish to feeding the world
If we’re feeding more people, more cheaply, how bad can that be?
Watch Dan Barber’s mesmerizing TedTalk and get the answers to that rhetorical question. This is storytelling at its best, storytelling with a real point, storytelling that could change the way people think.
Mexico develops its agro-ecotourism offer
Ah, to get lost on the Tequila Trail!
Nibbles: Seed prices, Noni, Beef, Haskap, Grapes
- NYT reports on the US Justice Dept’s probe of seed prices. CAS-IP submitted evidence.
- University of Guam funded to study noni (Morinda citrifolia)
- Mostly-foliage-fed vs mostly-seed-fed: the debate continues.
- Edible Blue Honeysuckle berry news. Who knew? (Link removed as spam.)
- The Scientist Gardener tackles grapes. Cheers.