- NY Times touts heirloom apple book.
- Coca Cola to help Haitian mango farmers.
- Nature Conservancy launches online Atlas of Global Conservation. No agriculture, natch.
- Promoting Mediterranean cheese.
Nibbles: Medicinal plants, Gender, Seafood
- How should Africa’s medicinal plants be managed?
- How can agricultural research be engendered?
- What makes a shrimp sustainable?
The truth about açaí
I had no idea açaí (Euterpe oleracea) was such a big thing in the US. Anyway, now it’s a slightly smaller thing. But still tasty. And still obviously a success story among formerly neglected species. 1
Nibbles: Health, China, Sustainable coffee, Citrus
- Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities. Quite a mouthful…
- Podcast: A Snapshot of Chinese Agriculture with Mike Mulvaney. Mouthwatering.
- “…how can agricultural landscapes produce more with less impact?” The BBC tells us.
- Florida’s citrus in trouble. Genomics to the rescue?
Online photos of protected European food products
Why We Love the Internet, volume 36. There’s a Flickr group on “Food products in the EU Protected Designation of Origin scheme.” Something we blogged about recently, as it happens. The map is really cool. Well, actually, the whole thing is cool.