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How many different kinds of bread do you think there are ancient Greek words for?
“As phenomenally important as the USDA [seed banks] and the Svalbard [Global Seed Vault] are, they are repositories for biodiversity, not places we can call up to get seeds to plant five acres of corn.”
As above, but in India.
As above, but from a seed company.
Barbara Schaal on domestication. With video goodness.
A Food System Dashboard to rule them all: describe, diagnose, decide. Not there yet, but almost. It says here.

Another pean to genebanks from Mike Jackson.
Cherokee Nation shares seeds.
Mitsuaki Tanabe’s wild rice sculptures.
Weird menus are the best menus.
Despite everything “…the International Seed Federation (ISF) says the ITPGRFA remains the preferred tool for access- and benefit-sharing of genetic resources for plant breeders.”
The proteomics of beer. And beards.

How nature-related risks matter to business.
Exhibit A: beer.
Exhibit B: wine and wine.
Looking at it the other way, some infographics to sum up the impact of food production on the environment.
And then there are nature-based solutions…
Sometimes companies do good just for the hell of it: e.g. ohia conservation in Hawaii.
And sometimes it just takes family.
“Despite the challenges of climate change and state fragility in parts of Africa, the continent has the potential to not only achieve food and nutrition security, but to leverage the food sector for its overall development.”
Some tips on how to communicate all the above.