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Posted on October 27, 2007October 27, 2007

Surf’s up in Solomons

My friend Tony Jansen and his friend Jon put together this fun video on the Solomon Islands. It’s ostensibly about surfing, but there’s stuff in there about agricultural biodiversity too. I met Tony when he was working at Kastom Gaden Association, a great local NGO working on sustainable agriculture and nutrition issues. We worked together on the livelihoods assessment of the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal.

Posted on October 26, 2007

Agrobiodiversity trade route could attract tourists

Travel the Frankincense Route. Three Wise Men unavailable for comment.

Posted on October 26, 2007October 25, 2007

Pumpkins are good for you

Happy (and nutritious) Halloween!

Posted on October 26, 2007October 26, 2007

Sarawak boosts planting of red rice

Sarawak plants more red rice: Nestlé comments “we will add value”.

Posted on October 25, 2007

Natural history collection seeks contributions

Boffins keen to get hands on pubic lice. Everybody unavailable for comment.

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