Markets – Page 261 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

August 22, 2007

Geographic identity

Need help with your terroir?

August 20, 2007

East meets West

Big Pharma looks to Chinese medicine.

August 18, 2007

Opiate supply and demand

More on legalizing poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

August 17, 2007

Food miles to go before I sleep

A plea to rebuild regional food networks.

August 14, 2007

Baobab products galore

There’s a Baobab Fruit Company in Senegal. Via Timbuktu Chronicles.

1. Collecting tree seeds properly and respectfully is not easy.
2. No word on how easy it is to collect tepary beans respectfully.
3. Helping the USDA with their germplasm evaluations, on the other hand, is a breeze. Any tepary beans?
4. Seed Savers Exchange makes conserving seeds look easy. Spoiler alert: it isn’t.
5. It seems to be very easy to open new national genebanks in China.
6. Farming is easier in Nepal with indigenous crops.
7. Giant yams don’t look very easy to grow, but that’s not stopping some dedicated Indian women.
8. It’s pretty easy — and fun — to visit the United Kingdom’s National Fruit Collection.
9. Someone mention apples? Loammi Baldwin knew a thing or two about them.
10. It’s going to get easier to identify plants. It says here.
11. If you’re looking for interventions or policies to shift diets towards being healthier and more sustainable, your job just got a little easier.
12. Likewise if you think the crises of biodiversity loss, water and food insecurity, health risks and climate change should be tackled together.
13. Yes, even if you’re a business trying to manage your biodiversity risk you have a right to have it easier. Start by being respectful when climbing trees?
Published on January 10, 2025