- Podcast on the origins, history and future of agriculture. “Three annual grasses explain history.” “Wheat domesticated humans.” Etc. Richard Manning gives good value.
- The origin of Maize Streak Virus explored.
- Changes in Dutch agricultural land. More diversity in land use over time.
- More ag art. Via.
Nibbles: Hemp, Galip, Fort Collins, Dwarf cows, Persephone, Atolls
- No member of the plant kingdom has ever been so willfully and stubbornly misunderstood.
- EU funds US$ 300 million to develop galip nut (Canarium indicum) in New Britain.
- Happy Birthday, Fort Collins.
- First, pocket pigs. Now, mini-cows. Watch our hits go through the roof.
- The story of the mother who went to Hell to protect her daughter.
- Kiribati to get atoll agriculture development centre. But where will they put it?
Sweet potato power
It seems that Usain’s Bolt’s Olympic success is down to yams. That would be sweet potatoes?
Later: Nope, the yams in question are, in fact, yams. See comments.
Nibbles: Horse milk, GMOs
- Marketing Indonesian horse milk as a nutraceutical. Good luck with that.
- Nick Cohen on Prince Charles on GMOs: “Like Marie Antoinette, he sees the poor as happiest when they have their place in a natural order, with royalty at its head.”
Masanobu Fukuoka R.I.P.
Masanobu Fukuoka, the author of The One Straw Revolution, and a pioneer of “natural” or no-till farming, has passed away at 95.