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Posted on May 18, 2021

Nibbles: Western grapes, Mapping pastoralists, Difficult species

  1. Grafting the Grape Virtual Lecture Series: Missouri Vines and Wines: Then and Now. Wait, that’s today!
  2. Mapping for Pastoralists, On-line Seminar. Phew, it’s next week.
  3. APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: “Meeting the Challenge of Exceptional Plant Conservation: Technologies and Approaches.” Relax, you have until June. Wait…
Posted on May 14, 2021

Nibbles: Social science, Berry call, Oz bank, Prior art

  1. 5 suggestions for scientists on social: see & be seen, select & specialize, serve, socialize, strategize.
  2. Open call to berry breeders.
  3. Another genebank for Australia makes a splash.
  4. How to avoid a repeat of the whole Enola bean story.
Posted on May 11, 2021May 10, 2021

Nibbles: Dates, Patagonian berries, Wild edibles, Barley breeding, African grains, Tea & CC, Grapes

  1. Dates!
  2. Berries!
  3. Goosefoot!
  4. Malting barley!
  5. Ancient grains!
  6. Tea!
  7. American grapes!
Posted on May 5, 2021

Nibbles: Emissions, Anthromes, S Asian farming origins, Old seeds, Chestnut, Canadian heirlooms, ABS newsletter

  1. Food contributes 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions.
  2. How we got to the above.
  3. And a focus on how farming started in South Asia in particular.
  4. A long-term seed experiment carries on.
  5. Another chapter in the story of the comeback of the American chestnut?
  6. Want to help a heirloom make a comeback?
  7. There’s a newsletter on the law and policy behind all this stuff.
Posted on April 30, 2021

Nibbles: Evidence, Agroecology, Iconography, Cryo

  1. Educational materials for conservation.
  2. Seminar on agroecology next week by Professor of Agroecology Steve Gliessman.
  3. Why is there a citron in Van Eyck’s Ghent altarpiece?
  4. APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: “Meeting the Challenge of Exceptional Plant Conservation: Technologies and Approaches.”

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Modelling adoption of biofortified crops is no substitute for empirical field surveys. Kind of obvious, but I guess needed saying.
    2. Kenyans may not need biofortified crops, though. Assuming they are actually eating their traditional vegetables.
    3. There’s a whole genebank for Africa’s vegetables.
    4. Saba senegalensis is also naturally biofortified.
    5. The High Atlas Foundation is also on a fruit tree mission
    6. Is the date palm the most important fruit tree in the world, though?
    7. I wonder what will happen to USDA’s fruit tree collections.

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